The number of people killed by flash floods after Cyclone Senyar made landfall over Sumatra on Nov. 26 increased to 1,059 on Dec. 18. In Pidie Jaya district, on the north coast of the semi-autonomous ...

Sri Lanka commemorates the 21st anniversary of the 2004 tsunami, honoring over 35,000 victims amid recent cyclone devastation ...

Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who ...

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia's most disaster-aware province was among the ...

The Ditwah Cyclone ranks second only to the December 2004 Tsunami in terms of damage to housing in Sri Lanka’s recent history ...

This year is ending not as a year of economic stability and growth, as it was in the first 11 months, but as a year of destruction, despair and sorrow. In 2004, we described the year as ‘annus ...

The deadly tsunami that swamped India's southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves.

The devastation wrought by Cyclone Ditwah across Sri Lanka is not merely a tragic weather event; it is a stark indictment of its fragile infrastructure, patchy ...

Cyclone Ditwah has brought Sri Lanka’s disaster preparedness under serious scrutiny and resulted in blistering attacks on the ...

Sri Lanka appeared on track to recover from the economic fallout of its 2022 external debt default until Cyclone Ditwah ...

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods. Scene of destruction in the aftermath of Cyclone Senyar.