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20 years after Indian Ocean tsunami: Why 230,000 people died and the lessons learned
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...
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20 years after tsunami, God still at work
On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...
Peru’s coastline battered by tsunami-like waves one day after country declares environmental emergency
The huge swell struck the coastline of Peru, Chile, and Ecuador one day after an environmental emergency was declared in the ...
Opinion: 20 years ago a tsunami killed 230,000 people. We can do better now.
The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...
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Looking back at the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years later
This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...
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Lori Dengler | Remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years later
The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...
20 Years After The Indian Ocean Tsunami
Understanding of the Sumatran subduction zone and its hazards has increased since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and ...
Public Radio International2d
Some people on Indonesia’s Simeulue island relied on folklore to escape the 2004 tsunami
The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared.
Turning The Tide: Generative AI’s Role In Future Tsunami Management
Generative AI can transform how we predict, prepare for, and recover from natural disasters. 20 years after the 2004 Tsunami ...
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Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on
Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people killed two decades ...
Indonesia marks 20 years since deadly Indian Ocean tsunami
Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have ...
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From ruin to resilience: What the 2004 tsunami taught us about disaster recovery
Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...