After the Boxing Day tsunami, we built a warning system. It may not be enough
When the earthquake struck, the world rattled; a 10-millimetre shudder on a planetary scale. Earth wobbled on its axis and its rotation quickened, shortening days by 2.68 microseconds. The North Pole jolted off kilter by the length of a paper clip.
Boxing Day tsunami: Forensic investigator reflects on disaster 20 years on
As a highly-skilled forensic investigation expert, Peter Baines has encountered more death than anyone could ever fathom. After the devastating Bali bombings back in 2002, he was sent over to the holiday island as a detective inspector with NSW Police to help identify the bodies of those killed in the blast.
Today, the world marks 20 years since the deadliest tsunami in recorded history, which killed more than 225,000 people. SBS ...
The average age of NSW residents has risen past 40 for the first time, triggering concerns that housing and healthcare in the ...
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The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked ...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered a moving tribute while marking 20 years since the horrific Boxing Day tsunami – which killed thousands and devastated Australia’s island neighbour.
The Asian tsunami that crashed into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, is this century’s deadliest ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves slamming into India, ...
John Howard knew he had to act quickly to help Indonesia after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami unleashed destruction and terror ...
Twenty years on, the Boxing Day tsunami is being remembered for the extraordinary devastation it unleashed, the incredible ...
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