Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...
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What we have learned in the 20 years since Boxing Day tsunami
Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate ...
Boxing Day earthquake, which killed about 250K, serves as a reminder to be ready
Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.
How the Boxing Day tsunami changed the way we respond as we detect catastrophic weather
Twenty years on, the Boxing Day tsunami is being remembered for the extraordinary devastation it unleashed, the incredible ...
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What I saw in the Boxing Day tsunami aftermath
Our cab driver was starting to repeat himself, frustrated that we didn’t seem to understand his reluctance to drive us to ...
Boxing Day tsunami: Forensic investigator reflects on disaster 20 years on
As a highly-skilled forensic investigation expert, Peter Baines has encountered more death than anyone could ever fathom. After the devastating Bali bombings back in 2002, he was sent over to the ...
20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal regions around Asia, Tamara Davison travels to one of the areas that ...
Remembering the Boxing Day tsunami
This Boxing Day marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disaste ...
After the Boxing Day tsunami, we built a warning system. It may not be enough
When the earthquake struck, the world rattled; a 10-millimetre shudder on a planetary scale. Earth wobbled on its axis and ...
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After the Boxing Day tsunami, we built a warning system. It may not be enough
from earthquakes originating in the Sunda trench that produced the Boxing Day tsunami. (WA avoided damage and deaths in 2004, but 30 swimmers had to be rescued from chaotic tides.) Australia’s ...