The tsunami, the first wave of which hit shore less than a minute after the earthquake, shows once again that every second counts when fleeing to safety in a disaster. On New Year’s Day ...
KOCHI: Twenty years ago — on December 26, 2004 — deep beneath the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra, a 1,300km-long rupture occurred on the faultline betw ...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 4 2024 (IPS) - This year’s World Tsunami Awareness Day presents a moment of reflection 20 years on from the catastrophic Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004. The tsunami resulted in ...