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When an earthquake was about to hit the airport he worked at Anthonius Gunawan Agung stayed behind to make sure a plane took ...

The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled into a fierce tsunami and nuclear disaster – obliterating homes, swamping cities and leaving survivors psychologically scarred.

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 ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Acehnese interpreted the disaster in various ways. Initially, the tsunami was interpreted as a punishment or warning from God. Over time ...

December 26, 2004 [AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe] The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest disasters of the past 100 years. The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died.

A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database. There was no warning of the impending tsunami, giving little time for ...

As aftershocks rumbled and tsunami warnings rang out, teachers hurried the children to higher ground behind the school. Murakami’s training in disaster response had taught him that after a major ...

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's male-dominated coffee ...