Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...

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 ...

Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...

Twenty years ago, on Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to ...

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 ...

Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ...

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...

Survivors and mourners gathered at mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand and other places along the Indian Ocean that were ...

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...