Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...

three-minute siren, grave visits and mass prayers across Aceh on Thursday marked the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit several countries, including Indonesia ...

The tsunami displaced more than 1.5 million people, and more than 100,000 houses were destroyed in Aceh alone, the Indonesian province nearest to the earthquake epicenter. The lack of tsunami ...

Indonesia is a vast archipelago nation on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. The tsunami was ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Mr Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again ...

Triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami unleashed a series of towering waves that ravaged coastal regions across 14 countries. As we approach ...

A powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on December 26 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history's worst ...

The tsunami -- generated by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra -- carried in its path a wall of debris including boats, cars, and bodies. Some, like lecturer Reza ...

Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around ...