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 ...

Following the Tuesday, July 29 tsunami advisory for coastal Clatsop County and much of the West Coast, government officials are saying that communication was key but can be approved upon. Actions ...

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 ...

The tsunami that rippled across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday may have been a good test run for the Pacific Northwest’s emergency alert systems, but it’s not yet clear how useful the experience will ...

(AP) — The effort to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake can draw on lessons learned in other large-scale tragedies, particularly the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed at least ...

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 ...

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Alex Chadwick talks with Ira Flatow, host of NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about what scientists have learned from last December's tsunami that devastated shores all across the Indian Ocean ...

The interior designer and his longtime partner, acclaimed photographer, Fernando Bengoechea, were vacationing together in Sri ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The man who steered Indonesia to recovery after the 2004 tsunami has some cautionary words for the Philippines as it begins planning reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan: ...

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 ...