CANNON BEACH — Many residents are familiar with the resounding “moos” that reverberate around town and warn of impending tsunami danger. But for months, the cow-like sirens have been absent ...
Mayor Chalermsak opened the ceremony by recalling the tragic events of Dec 26, 2004, when the tsunami caused unprecedented loss of life and property along the Andaman coast, with Patong Beach ...
Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum, the Khao Lak Marriott Beach Resort & Spa, and the tsunami victims’ cemetery in Ban Bang Maruan. In Ban Nam Khem, a three-faith religious ceremony was held to honor ...
Yesterday, communities along Thailand’s Andaman coast held ceremonies to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami, which claimed 230,000 lives across 14 countries, including Thailand, ...
26, to mark two decades since the world’s largest tsunami. On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake spurred catastrophic waves that ...
JAKARTA, Dec 26 — The world’s deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social ...
People pour milk into the Bay of Bengal as a gesture of respect to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, at Pattinapakkam beach in Chennai, India, ...
It was a close shave with death for Gagandeep Singh Bedi on December 26, 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck Tamil Nadu. The Cuddalore District Collector was at Hotel Tamil Nadu on the sea ...
December 26, 2024, marks the 20th year since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami generated by the quake of magnitude 9.1 was sourced off the Sumatran coast and was the third ...
COLOMBO: Twenty years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, some survivors are still trying to pick up the pieces. Those living in poorly-constructed settlements ...