Sumatra, Indonesia and the earthquake
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LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh’s male-dominated coffee culture, she runs a café that ...
Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave
Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on the northern side of Sulawesi island had at least five ...
Islands in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi region are on alert for a tsunami as volcano eruptions sent lava spewing and a mile-high ash cloud forms above Mount Ruang. On Wednesday, authorities ordered thousands of people to evacuate and the volcano alert was ...
Hundreds of people have been killed on Indonesia's Java Island after it was struck by a tsunami. There was no warning despite efforts across the region to establish a warning system after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people.
CARITA BEACH, Indonesia -- The deadly tsunami struck in the dark, without warning. At least 222 people were killed as waves smashed into houses, hotels and other beachside buildings Saturday night along Indonesia's Sunda Strait, in a disaster that followed ...
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.