There was no siren, no broadcast, no final warning. A ginormous undersea earthquake created one of the worst natural ...

Ravindra Jayaratne receives funding from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Global Challenges Research Fund, the Royal Society, University of East London, ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who were killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited ...

Exactly 21 years ago, Sri Lanka witnessed the biggest natural disaster in living memory - the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Today, in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in November, the ...

A 9.3 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean has caused a 30-metre tsunami that had wiped out hundreds of communities in minutes, affecting countries from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India to ...