PHUKET: Wichit Sutthaso, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office (DDPM Phuket), has ...

In Thailand, Sunday's tsunami killed hundreds of people on the resort island of Phuket, as well as other islands nearby. Among those who died in the waves was 21-year-old Bhumi Jensen, a U.S ...

But it was the low season, and it was half a year after the tsunami. It was worth a try. The sun was about to set on the Andaman Sea as my wife and I drove through Phuket’s normally crowded ...

Authorities in Phuket are preparing for an anti-terrorism emergency response exercise that will be staged on the tourist island later this month.Suwit Phansengiam, the vice-governor of the province, ...

For Som, another single mother from Thailand's impoverished northeastern region, her monthly earnings plummeted when tourists and pleasure-seekers stayed away from Phuket after the tsunami.

PHUKET: A tsunami evacuation drill will be held on July 30, after a series of underwater earthquakes off the Nicobar Islands raised residents' fears of an impending tsunami, governor Narong ...

PHUKET: Preparations are being finalised for the tsunami evacuation drill on July 20 in Muang and Thalang districts of this southern island province. The provincial office of disaster prevention ...

On Nov. 4, 2005, AP published an article about Tilly, her family's stay at the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa and the tsunami. The article was printed one day after Tilly had visited the United ...

The tsunami, which was triggered by a powerful ... an island group between Phuket and the Straits of Malacca. On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, they had gone kayaking and spent some time at the ...

As the sun crested the horizon early on Boxing Day 2004, no-one on Thailand's west coast expected their life would be engulfed by chaos only a few hours later. At 7:59am local time, a magnitude-9. ...