Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the ...

December 26 marked 20 years since a massive tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving death and destruction in its wake on a vast scale in country after country. Officially, an estimated 227,000 ...

After the massive 8.8 earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka, global tsunami alerts echo fears from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Nearly at least 230,000 lives were lost then. The 2004 tsunami was one of ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004, devastated entire regions across Southeast Asia, claiming over 230,000 lives and displacing millions. In the 20 years since, communities across the ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, defeated Hessian mercenary troops fighting for the ...

Twenty years have now passed since a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated communities in Southeast Asia, resulting in more than 220,000 confirmed deaths and millions displaced ...

BANDA ACEH – Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Asnani, now a ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) -- The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand when her mom, sensing something ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. A 9 ...