Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who ...

Sri Lanka commemorates the 21st anniversary of the 2004 tsunami, honoring over 35,000 victims amid recent cyclone devastation ...

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the ...

This year is ending not as a year of economic stability and growth, as it was in the first 11 months, but as a year of destruction, despair and sorrow. In 2004, we described the year as ‘annus ...

A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of ...

The losses are estimated at between US$ 6 and US$ 7 billion. In 2004, they ranged from US$ 1.5 to US$ 2 billion. The recovery plan is waiting for detailed assessments. Twenty-two out of 25 ...

That collective trauma and resilience now colour the way residents confront the aftermath of Cyclone Senyar, which has brought a different kind of destruction to the province. In Blang Panjoe village, ...

The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves.

Exactly 21 years ago, Sri Lanka witnessed the biggest natural disaster in living memory - the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Today, in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in November, the ...

NAGAPATTINAM: Pointing to the havoc Cyclone Ditwah brought about on several of the already dilapidated ‘tsunami houses’ in Nagapattinam and Vedaranyam municipalities of the district, residents seek ...