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As if Florida needs another type of natural disaster to worry about. That said, scientists warned for decades a tsunami could jet our way at more than 500 mph. It's happened before. Few were ...

A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a popular tourist destination, killing three foreigners and injuring several other people, Thai police said yesterday. The three who died in ...

The cause of the Sunday night blaze at the Ember Hotel near Khao San Road, an area popular with backpackers and budget travelers, was still under investigation. A State Department spokesperson in ...

The hotel is near the Khao San area of Bangkok that is popular with backpackers and known for its bars and hostels. A Brazilian woman died at the scene and two men, an American and a Ukrainian ...

Khao Lak's beaches, about 40 miles north of Phuket island, were among Thailand's worst hit by the tsunami. "Today there’s a monument to the victims, but on the beachfront it's business as usual ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...

Tsunami evacuation route sign at the Pullman Khao Lak Resort For those eager to deepen their understanding, the Tsunami Memorial Museum in Nam Khem, just 1.3 kilometers away, offers broader insights ...

Let’s get the elephant out of the room: a two-hour documentary built around the trauma and grief of those caught up in the Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 which claimed an estimated ...

Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum, the Khao Lak Marriott Beach Resort & Spa, and the tsunami victims’ cemetery in Ban Bang Maruan. In Ban Nam Khem, a three-faith religious ceremony was held to honor ...