By Kentaro Okasaka and Tom Bateman OTSUCHI, Japan, April 27 (Reuters) - Ryota Haga was in high school when the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan triggered a deadly tsunami and swept away his ...

MEULABOH, Indonesia, Jan 27 (UNHCR) - Sulaiman's eyes misted as he received blankets, plastic sheeting and kitchen sets from the UN refugee agency for his extended family of 25 crammed into an ...

She was one of the survivors, along with her family, of the Indian Ocean tsunami. She now publishes a story, 'Kokoro and the Sea', and is a speaker at 'The Time of Women'. María Belón (Madrid, 1966) ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

To All, Thanks for your concern. We were in the middle of the tsunami, and have been given a second life. On Christmas day, Kirk and I decided that we would go on a scuba diving trip on a liveboard ...

Yukiko Yamaguchi wants to go home. But like more than 400,000 others staying in shelters since a powerful tsunami plowed through their homes 10 days ago, the 73-year-old has no idea when she'll be ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Eric Westervelt sitting in for Scott Simon. Ten years ago, a devastating tsunami struck and killed more than 200,000 people in 12 Asian countries around the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 25 (UNHCR) - Like so many other people in Sri Lanka, Mrs. A.L. Sulahaummah will never forget 26 December 2004, the day the tsunami struck, killing more than 200,000 people ...

Over 1,400 firefighters deployed, blaze remains uncontrolled despite rain forecast Haga worries about shortage of firefighters as wildfires increase and population declines A tenth of Otsuchi's ...