Twenty-one years after the 2004 tsunami almost wiped out Ban Nam Khem, the small fishing village is coping with changing geological, demographic and employment woes while struggling to keep its way of ...

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria, killing at least 70,000 people. Per ...

The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, ...

In 2005, the Howard government introduced its controversial WorkChoices legislation. It would be a key factor in the ...

Exactly 21 years ago, Sri Lanka witnessed the biggest natural disaster in living memory - the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Today, in the wake of the destruction caused by Cyclone Ditwah in November, the ...

Background Cyclone Ditwah, which formed on 26 November 2025, and lasted until 3 December 2025, was perhaps the deadliest ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $ 3 million grant to help address water shortages in Sri Lanka’s North Western and Uva Provinces by constructing modern pipe distribution network (PDN) ...

We are living in an age of global disruption. Supply chains are being reconfigured to avoid dependence on any one producer or country. Trade ties are being upended by high and unpredictable tariffs ...

On 1935, Shenandoah National Park was established in northern Virginia after years of raising funds to purchase the land ...