poured in to international relief charities. As 2004 came to an end, some aid organizations found that their Web sites were collecting more money in one day than they had the previous year. On each of ...

The Calcutta High Court said that the administration failed to provide evidence that the compensation scheme was legally ...

In Hawaii, the governor calmly told residents to head for higher ground and warned of heavy damage. In Japan, where residents are still scarred from a 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, a normally ...

in South Asia. That amount now far exceeds the $350-million pledged by the United States government. In fact, so much money has come in that several relief organizations have announced that they have ...

Only a few months have passed since the Indonesian tsunami disaster occurred on December 26, 2004. The town of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was reported to be one of the hardest hit areas. This month, 2 ...

The number of people killed by flash floods after Cyclone Senyar made landfall over Sumatra on Nov. 26 increased to 1,059 on Dec. 18. In Pidie Jaya district, on the north coast of the semi-autonomous ...

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Two decades have passed since a massive tsunami struck the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day. In Sri Lanka, the tsunami claimed over 36,000 lives and displaced more than 500,000 people. This catastrophe, the ...

"Do not be glued to the screen. Evacuate now!" a Japanese newscaster shouted to his on-camera audience as tsunami warnings reached three continents. The tsunami waves turned out to be relatively ...