Philippines, tsunami and Earthquake
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Tsunami up to 3 feet hits Philippine coasts after 7.8 quake as President Marcos urges evacuation, casualties rise with deaths and over 200 injured, damage reported and aftershocks feared ongoing
At least 31 people have died and 12 others are still missing after a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines
Efforts to collect hundreds of bodies and save the injured were stepped up in Indonesia on Monday following the country's latest tsunami, as scientists collected evidence on how a volcanic eruption triggered the weekend tragedy. Casualty figures from ...
Indonesian authorities raised their death toll estimate by nearly 3,000 to more than 100,000 and braced for tens of thousands more homeless than at first expected. Sri Lanka, by contrast, closed scores of refugee camps as people began drifting back to their damaged homes. With 38 more confirmed deaths, the nation's death toll stood at 30,718.
Emergency crews are still trying to find victims of an earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's island of Sulawesi, killing at least 1,200 people, according to local media citing government officials. The death toll could rise even higher, officials ...
The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital time to warn and evacuate their people from the ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The death toll from twin disasters on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a major earthquake and the tsunami that followed, jumped to more than 800 on Sunday as rescue workers began to take stock of the wreckage – pulling out ...
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) -- Corpses were recovered Tuesday from beaches, homes and hotels ravaged by Indonesia's second tsunami in as many years, pushing the death toll to at least 463. Nearly 280 people were missing. The government, under fire for ...