As the tsunami engulfed the train, the Colombo restaurateur found himself stranded in a flooded carriage, cast adrift from his son and daughter. "The train had stopped at signals," Mr Gunawardana, 62, ...

December 26, 2004. Over 1,700 people board the Queen of the Sea express train in Sri Lanka, unaware that a wall of water is heading straight for them. This is the haunting story of the world’s ...

At a Eureka City council meeting Tuesday night, officials gave an update on efforts to remedy the county’s tsunami evacuation ...

Commuters on a Taipei Mass Rapid Transit platform as a train stops during a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Taipei. CNA/AFP via Getty Images. The US National Tsunami Warning Center said it was ...

In Thailand, beach resort tourists comprised about half of the nation’s death toll of 5,000, while in Sri Lanka, nearly 2,000 were killed when the surge swept a passenger train off its rails.

People wait for the arrival of the Ocean Queen train carrying family members of people killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, for a memorial service in Peraliya on Dec. 26, 2024, on the 20th ...

In Sri Lanka, the tsunami hit a southbound coastal train and knocked it off its rails in what became one of the deadliest train disasters of all time. Eranthie Mendie lost her mother on that train.

The day after Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people across a dozen countries.

The first train since the Dec. 26 Tsunami disaster from the southern town of Matara along the coastal line track to the capital Colombo, 160 km west, was scheduled for Monday after Sunday's trial ...

Tsunami warning sparks panic along West Coast after 7.0-magnitude earthquake — before being canceled By . ... the train tunnel connecting San Francisco to Oakland was shut down, ...

Mourners mark 20 years since deadly Indian Ocean tsunami Triggered by ... village of Pereliya and laid flowers at a memorial that commemorates nearly 2,000 passengers who died when their train, ...

At a Eureka City council meeting Tuesday night, officials gave an update on efforts to remedy the county’s tsunami evacuation protocols after a wakeup call two months ago. A community wide ...