NAGAPATTINAM: It was an emotional moment for IAS officer Dr J Radhakrishnan and his family on Saturday as they saw their ...

EPA/KIM LUDBROOK Source: EPA / KIM LUDBROOK/EPA On Boxing Day in 2004, a devastating tsunami struck 14 countries, affecting regions with significant Tamil populations, such as Sri Lanka ...

Hyderabad: The Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC), based out of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information ...

Small houses and open fields dot the landscape of Panapakkam in Tamil Nadu’s Ranipet district, famed for being a hub for ...

KOCHI: Twenty years ago — on December 26, 2004 — deep beneath the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra, a 1,300km-long rupture occurred on the faultline betw ...

Hyderabad: Major General Dr AVK Mohan, a 65-year-old cyclist from the city, has achieved an impressive feat by completing a 1 ...

After the 2004 tsunami, mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still changing. A mass mortality of mangroves was ...

The mock drill, incidentally held on World Tsunami Awareness day, lasted four hours and saw participation from 25 coastal villages in Andhra Pradesh (6), Andaman and Nicobar (4), Gujarat (2), Goa (2), ...

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh has ... is known for his work as the district collector of Nagapattinam during Tsunami in 2004. He has also held the position of Assistant Country Director ...

Indian Tsunami Mock Exercise on November 5 simulates a tsunami hitting all coastal states, enhancing preparedness and awareness.

In line with World Tsunami Awareness Day, a mock exercise will involve all disaster management organizations (DMOs) from coastal states and union territories, including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, ...

About five km from Chennai city centre in Tamil Nadu, the beach was damaged by waves as high as 20 ft during the tsunami in 2004. ALSO READ A walk through the coastline of Chennai The beach is ...