Australia 'much better prepared' for tsunami threat, 20 years after Boxing Day disaster
Twenty years after the Indian Ocean catastrophe that claimed more than 230,000 lives, disaster planners believe Australia is ...
It was just death and devastation absolutely everywhere after 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, say Australian forensic experts
When the destruction of the Boxing Day tsunami swept across 14 countries killing more than 227,000 people, it prompted an ...
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Survivor of Boxing Day tsunami recounts horror on 20th anniversary of disaster
They then made their way back to Singapore, where Dan was based, and Lizz returned home to Australia. Tourists trying to escape the tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Picture: AFP / STR The devastation ...
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After the Boxing Day tsunami, we built a warning system. It may not be enough
“There wasn’t a lot done for tsunami in Australia before 2004. There’s obviously been a lot done since,” Gissing said. “There was no warning system in the Indian Ocean and there was no ...
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Cyclone Tracy and tsunami lessons drive NHRA’s push for resilience
Andrew Gissing, CEO of NHRA, reflected on the legacy of these disasters. Cyclone Tracy, which struck Darwin on Dec. 25, 1974, ...
The Indian Ocean tsunami: 20 years on
The 2004 tsunami was not simply a natural disaster but a graphic exposure of the failure of the capitalist system, the ruling ...
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Boxing Day tsunami, 20 years on: the miraculous triumph of human endurance
“The blessing of the tsunami” is a phrase repeated over and again across this deeply religious province that bore the brunt of the ­ disaster. The Australian travelled to Banda Aceh and ...
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Quad marks 20 years of cooperation, reaffirms commitment to peaceful, stable, prosperous Indo-Pacific
Australia, Japan, and the United States highlighted the grouping's origins in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Emphasising the Quad's evolution from a disaster relief collaboration to ...