This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Irish prisons are unsustainably overcrowded while, in the last two decades, the Dutch have shut 20 jails as their prison ...

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the ...

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

It was Dec 28, 2004, two days after an undersea quake, measuring 9.1 (revised from initial ... But it was not until the team entered Banda Aceh did the reason for the body bag request become ...

Faisal Syafii lost his home, business and first wife, Siti Syamsiah, during the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago today.

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...