(UPDATE) THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has taken significant steps to enhance tsunami preparedness in vulnerable regions, particularly in Northern Luzon. NDRRMC ...

December 26 marked 20 years since a massive tsunami swept across the Indian ... tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday December 26, 2004. [AP Photo/Karim Khamzin] In a WSWS ...

26, 2004 tsunami. Tourists were thronging Thailand's gorgeous southwest coast where Phuket island and the granite-studded, sandy beaches of Khao Lak became the hardest hit zones amid estuaries ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, one of the deadliest events in recorded history, was an enigma to many survivors. Some experts were surprised to learn that a significant number of the people in the ...

Supermodel Petra Nemcova, who survived the 2004 tsunami by clinging to a palm tree, reflects on the tragedy 20 years later. The disaster claimed 230,000 lives, including her boyfriend. Nemcova ...

On December 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake ... across the South Asian Island nation. In Thailand, where half of the more than 5,000 dead were foreign tourists, unofficial vigils were expected to ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western tip on December 26, 2004, generated a series ... including in Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, which the tsunami hit hours later.

Speaking at a memorial ceremony in the southern Phang-Nga province, Deputy Interior Minister Sabida Thaiseth highlighted the country's progress in disaster management and preparedness since the 2004 ...

Today marks two decades since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed around 230,000 people across multiple countries. Thailand is holding ceremonies to honour the thousands of lives lost.

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A relative of a victim of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district of Phang Nga province, southern Thailand ...

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 ...