PHANG NGA, Thailand--Communities across Asia commemorated ... morning after Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as ...

Here, he shares his memories from the response in India to the Asian Tsunami, which struck the coastline in 2004. I had recently returned to Thailand having completed the four-year humanitarian ...

Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark the 10th anniversary of a ...

The tsunami disaster in South Asia on 26 December 2004 was one of the largest natural disasters in recent times ( Table 1). Management of the dead varied remarkably between affected countries ...

The earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami took place on December 26, 2004, but the extent of ... The media enthuses about the “Asian miracle,” but the fact of the matter is that ...

Natural disasters have always made man feel helpless in spite of technological advances. The recent tsunami of December 2004 in the South Asian region is the worst ever in recorded history. Apart from ...

After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami killed a quarter of a million people, huge amounts of money were spent on an early warning system. A complex system of sensors were installed across the region.

However none of these buoys - donated by the US, Germany and Malaysia after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed nearly a quarter of a million people - are working. Some have been ...

Indonesia expects that the earthquake, followed by a tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean 20 years ago or in 2004, can encourage Asean countries to become more resilient against disasters.

Serving mainly high-end clients with their design skills, architects have moved away from their humanitarian origins. Elisabeth Fischer finds out why the industry is going back to its roots to help ...

A train seat that can be converted into a lie-flat bed has been unveiled in a bid to transform rail travel. Designers of the DreamSuite said it could boost comfort for budget passengers on overnight ...

The South Asian tsunami in 2004 was an extreme natural event resulting in many thousands of fatalities. Several important lessons can be highlighted for future disasters (Box 1). Until now ...