Ravindra Jayaratne receives funding from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Global Challenges Research Fund, the Royal Society, University of East London, ...

I visit the Tsunami Memorial in Khao Lak Thailand to reflect on the Khao Lak Tsunami 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami tragedy in Thailand and around the Indian Ocean. I'm sure we have all seen footage from the ...

It was like any other day for Sri Lankan safari guide Priyantha (Pusa) Hettiarachige as he prepared to welcome guests to Yala National Park on 26 December 2004. The famed natural site was brimming ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

On December 26, 2004, what is believed to be the most significant and lethal tsunami ever struck Indonesia and the surrounding countries. The Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 is considered to be the ...

A 9.3 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean has caused a 30-metre tsunami that had wiped out hundreds of communities in minutes, affecting countries from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India to ...

Two decades have passed since a massive tsunami struck the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day. In Sri Lanka, the tsunami claimed over 36,000 lives and displaced more than 500,000 people. This catastrophe, the ...

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember the hundreds of thousands of people who were killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited ...