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Opinion | 20 Years Ago a Tsunami Killed 230,000 People. We Can Do Better Now.

With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
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Opinion | 20 Years Ago a Tsunami Killed 230,000 People. We Can Do Better Now.

With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.
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Ceremonies held across Asia to mark 20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami

The waves, which towered as high as 30 metres, killed more than 220,000 people in 15 countries in the deadliest tsunami in history
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Boxing Day Tsunami remembered – ‘I missed death five times’

Duncan Ridgley says “it was like going through five Viking battles in a day”.
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Syrian interim government says 14 personnel killed in ambush

An overnight curfew was imposed by Syria’s ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel group after 14 members of the Syria’s interior ministry were killed in what they described as an ambush by supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
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20 Years Since the Deadly Tsunami in Asia

A look back at the horrible loss of life.
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Thursday Briefing

Christmas Day attacks on Ukraine.
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The Deadliest Tsunami Set Off Work to Be Ready for the Next Big Wave

Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge.