Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.

On December 26, 2004, the Nicobarese faced an unprecedented catastrophe as the Indian Ocean tsunami, triggered by the massive 9.1-9.3 Mw Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, ravaged their islands. The rupture ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 28, 1908, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated the Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria, ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) directed its regional offices in Ilocos (Region 1), Cagayan Valley (Region 2), and Central Luzon (Region 3) to create a comprehensive tsunami evacuation plan in light ...

The date of birth is December 29, 2004. Glory turned 20 on Sunday. It was on December 26, 2004, that her parents, B Balram and B Laxmi, watched the tsunami wreck their home and village in Hut Bay ...

A bus carrying devotees from Ujjain to Delhi crashed in dense fog, injuring around 45 passengers. More than 20 were admitted to Dausa District Hospital.

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