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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there's “no tsunami threat to Guam/CNMI” from the nearby quake. Residents reported feeling the earthquake. USGS said the quake was located about 8 miles ...

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In a heartwarming gesture, an IAS officer who served as a district collector during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Tamil ...

More than a thousand earthquakes have rattled the Greek island of Santorini in recent days, raising concerns about the ...

Centuries on, India’s literary culture is flourishing – as shown by the impressive number of Indian novelists who have won the Booker Prize over the past 50 years. We’ve chosen a mix of ...

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Radhakrishnan and Krithika didn’t stop with Meena. They continued to support her friend Soumya, another tsunami survivor who was also placed in the children’s home. Soumya and Meena formed an ...

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next 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.

What can local leaders in LA and in other communities in the US and around the world do in the wake of these extreme events to address systemic risks and proactively reduce catastrophic disasters?