Encouraging the active participation of residents is essential to preserving disaster memory, maintaining memorials and ...

Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

SINGAPORE – Two decades after a tsunami devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, survivors told Singapore’s Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) how they rebuilt their lives in a ...

Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center at Syiah Kuala University in Aceh recorded more than 1,400 wrecked schools and about 150,000 students had their education process disrupted by the ...

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old tsunami survivor, operates a coffee machine at the cafe she runs in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Qurrata Ayuni ...

Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...

More than 100,000 houses were rebuilt in the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh alone, according to the Indonesian government. The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of ...

It was a catastrophic event that wreaked havoc particularly in Indonesia - one of the main cities of which, Banda Aceh, was largely ... different countries. This tsunami was classified as the ...

In Indonesia’s Aceh Province, more than 14,000 people were interred in one mass grave. Prabu Deepan, of Tearfund, witnessed the disaster. He is now director of the Asia region for the charity. “The ...

JAKARTA: Residents of Indonesia's Aceh province in the northern tip of Sumatra Island paid tribute on Thursday to relatives, family members, and friends who lost their lives during the tsunami on ...

The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that devastated Aceh in 2004 was a turning point in Indonesia’s disaster mitigation. The earthquake, with more than 9.0 magnitude that triggered a 20-meter ...