A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit a dozen countries ... slated to go into effect Jan. 1 ...

ANDAMAN SEA, Thailand - Almost 1,000km off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves – a key link in a warning system intended to ...

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed ...

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

The tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 was massive both in devastation and scope, and its effects have been felt far and wide, even here at Tufts. Over break, many students scrambled to get in ...

Survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami and relatives of those who were killed joined memorials in Thailand today on the ... The agreement is to come into effect on Sunday. Follow DW for more.

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman ... the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck across South and Southeast Asia, after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the west coast ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka ... The resulting tsunami unleashed waves more than 100 feet high and as ...

The 2004 tsunami killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures, with 3,000 missing. Now the country's two DART buoys are linked by satellite to a nationwide network of ...