The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastated ... nature's awful purpose,” as supposedly revealed in the tsunami disaster, North noted: The impact of the tsunami exposes in an especially ...

What Are Natural Disasters? Natural disasters are catastrophic events that occur as a result of natural processes of the ...

What will it take to be ready for the next major tsunami? One of the most wrenching signs of the lack of readiness for the tsunami in the Indian Ocean was ... studying the effects of past tsunamis ...

At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean that would go ... In Kenya, an early ...

The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean including Thailand and Sri Lanka and reached as far as Africa, killing an estimated 220,000-plus people, including about 40 Japanese.

Ben Dinsdale, who was part of the ACS effort 20 years ago, and is now ACS’s Director of Government and Humanitarian Services, said: “We’re extremely proud of being able to respond to humanitarian ...

Thailand and nine other nations around the Indian Ocean basin. Here is a look back at the impact of the deadliest tsunami in history. The tsunami was triggered by the longest faultline rupture ...

Show more In 2004 a massive earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami ... She talks about the impact of the war, and tsunami, on the mental health of survivors. One image that went ...