At the time this post was last updated,the estimated death toll from the South Asian tsunami exceeded 120,000. First things, first. If you want to give money for food, medical care and other basic ...

PORTLAND -- The tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 2004 was the biggest in the Indian Ocean in about 600 years, and it has lessons for the Pacific Northwest, geologists said Wednesday. Geologists ...

In June 2001, I spent two weeks in southern Peru as part of an International Tsunami Survey Team (ITST). A magnitude 8.4 earthquake occurred two weeks before we arrived, and our purpose was to learn ...

Mar. 11—March 11 marks the 10th anniversary of the historic Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which are still sending ripples across the Pacific in the form of heightened awareness and initiatives to ...

Horrified by the devastation wrought by the tsunamis in South Asia, donors in the United States poured more than $300-million into the coffers of relief charities. With television news showing the ...

While government and relief agencies around the world continue to funnel humanitarian aid to the victims of the Asian tsunami, multinational businesses are scrambling to assess their exposure to ...

On the day the Great East Japan Earthquake struck 13 years ago, Yoko Suzuki, 73, was the principal of Kadonowaki Elementary ...

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 ...

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One struck near the roof of the world, the other at the bottom of the sea, but an unprecedented aid effort after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami has lessons for Pakistan's catastrophe, aid ...