WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from New ...

On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, was filled with thousands of people ...

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...

Highway 3 is one of Thailand’s longest roads – and it tells the story of the nation’s rapid transformation. We hop behind the ...

Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have ...

A vigil is held in Thailand as people mark 20 years since the massive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 ...

The earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive ...

A 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggering a tsunami ...