In Hawaii, the governor calmly told residents to head for higher ground and warned of heavy damage. In Japan, where residents are still scarred from a 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster, a normally ...

Did you know Japan's crime syndicates were among the first responders after the 2011 tsunami? On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck eastern Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami that ...

poured in to international relief charities. As 2004 came to an end, some aid organizations found that their Web sites were collecting more money in one day than they had the previous year. On each of ...

Officials and ministers from 26 Asia-Pacific countries and the European Union announced an ambitious plan Thursday to pool military and civilian resources in emergency relief and responses to big ...

Only a few months have passed since the Indonesian tsunami disaster occurred on December 26, 2004. The town of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was reported to be one of the hardest hit areas. This month, 2 ...

Organizations in England that responded to the Indian Ocean tsunamis got low marks, in part because they were loosely coordinated and often conducted high-profile relief operations to gain attention ...

MP Tim Costley’s member’s bill, drawn from the ballot on Thursday, would establish a new national medal recognising New ...

Jan. 17 marks the 28th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated Kobe and the surrounding areas.

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free Aceh ...

"Do not be glued to the screen. Evacuate now!" a Japanese newscaster shouted to his on-camera audience as tsunami warnings reached three continents. The tsunami waves turned out to be relatively ...