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

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has called for continued caution over potential tremors and tsunamis despite a gradual ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

Velankanni, a Tamil town devastated by the 2004 tsunami, has transformed with busy streets and active markets. Residents who faced significant losses have moved from fear to preparedness.

Three people with disablities have died in the L.A. wildfires. Advocates say disabled people are more likely to die in ...

Japan issued tsunami alerts and told ... prefecture in Shikoku island, shortly after the quake struck at 9:19 p.m., JMA said. They were all lifted before midnight. Agency official Shigeki Aoki ...

A tsunami was imminent ... awareness and encourage preparedness for future mega-waves. He labels two major tsunami swamping New Zealand’s east coast, decades before 2004, as “missed ...

India failed to warn people on its eastern coast even after the tsunami wreaked havoc in the Andaman Islands, hours before striking ... Unlike during the wildfires that burned the town of Paradise ...

JAPAN issued a tsunami ... Monday before the warning was lifted. The quake struck at 9.19 pm local time (12.19pm GMT), according to the agency. Tsunami warnings had been issued shortly after ...

Before 2004, the Indian Ocean had no dedicated tsunami warning system, leaving the region largely unprepared for such disasters. Just one month after the disaster, world leaders gathered at a UN ...

A lead time of two hours was available before the tsunami could potentially ... Investments made in preparedness are far more cost-effective than spending after a disaster especially since climate ...