For many, the recent anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ... lost their lives due to the tsunami. Northern Sumatra was the most affected region in Indonesia, where more than 120,000 people ...

Three weeks after the tsunami, and 20 years ago this week, WISH-TV sent Eric Halvorson and Kevin Conners to witness for our viewers how far their donated dollars would go in such a crisis.

In the aftermath of the 2004 disaster, the global community acted with unprecedented urgency to establish systems that could prevent similar tragedies. The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and ...

Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried ...

In areas characterized by flat coastal plains ... The vastness of the inundation deeply affected Sri Lanka’s communities and structures, underscoring the tsunami’s immense destructive capability. The ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the Maharashtra government’s efforts to ensure all-round development in the state’s remote and Maoist-affected areas. The prime minister’s comments came ...

This map shows the time in hours for the tsunami to travel from its generation location (marked with red dots) to other locations in the Indian Ocean.

The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean including Thailand and ... was from an earthquake-prone nation. I was deeply affected by what I heard from a young man who lost his father.