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Fly over the cities of Indonesia that were transformed by the 2004 tsunami with this reflective drone footage, 20 years later ...
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The ...
Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is enhancing its scientific understanding of tsunamis by analyzing ...
Waves up to 30 meters high ravaged coastlines from Indonesia to Africa, killing over 230,000. India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand ...
The Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen nations hit Aceh, closest to the epicenter of the magnitude-9.1 quake that spawned the towering waves, the hardest.
More than 227,000 people were killed, with Aceh alone accounting for approximately 167,000. The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami is known as one of the most devastating natural disasters in history.
Hududillah was among those who lost many relatives when the tsunami struck on Dec. 26, 2004, killing 126,000 in Aceh, where no sirens were heard, resulting in the highest toll among the 230,000 ...
Indonesia was the nation hardest hit by a 2004 tsunami that killed at least 216,000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean nations — with more than half the deaths in Sumatra island’s Aceh province.
All 22 of the early-warning buoys Indonesia deployed after the 2004 tsunami disaster were inoperable when a massive undersea earthquake struck off the coast on Wednesday, a National Disaster ...
Raudhatul Jannah was just four when she was swept away as the disaster struck Indonesia on Boxing Day in 2004. After a month, her relatives assumed she was among the more than 230,000 killed.
Indonesia got a few things right in rebuilding after the 2004 tsunami, says the country director for the United Nations Development Program.