The tsunami was an unprecedented natural disaster, but as NPR's Eric Weiner reports, there was also an unprecedented response from donors large and small. ERIC WEINER reporting: From one end of the ...

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 ...

From schoolchildren to corporate giants, churches to sports franchises, Houstonians have contributed $10 million to a fund set up by former Presidents Bush and Clinton to help victims of December's ...

in South Asia. That amount now far exceeds the $350-million pledged by the United States government. In fact, so much money has come in that several relief organizations have announced that they have ...

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 ...

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 ...

A multimedia show tells the story of the Thai resort town's recovery. A year ago, governments were pledging disaster assistance and people were making donations to help survivors of the devastating ...

The amount of generosity I’ve seen from my friends and family towards the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami has been inspiring. If you haven’t had a chance to donate to the international aid ...

The help provided to tsunami victims by hundreds of private relief groups -- their coffers swelled by record donations from the American public -- could have been better coordinated, according to ...

"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 ...