Tag: Tsunami
Visiting Southern Thailand
Southwest Thailand, home to the resort islands of Phuket and Phi Phi, has battled back from the devastation of 2004’s powerfully destructive tsunami. Travel writer [Read More…]
Thais commemorate thousands killed by 2004 tsunami
Bangkok – Thousands of Thais made Buddhist merit Saturday at Takuapah in Phang-Nga province for the estimated 8,000 people killed by the December 26, 2004 [Read More…]
Tsunami-hit Thailand: Recovery and remembrance
The Indian Ocean tsunami killed about 5,400 people in Thailand, half of whom were foreign tourists. Five years on, the BBC’s South East Asia correspondent [Read More…]
Thailand still scarred five years after tsunami
BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (Reuters) – Suvadee Sukkasem is still searching for her son who vanished when the Indian Ocean tsunami turned this tropical paradise [Read More…]
Tsunami warning cancelled in Phuket
An earthquake around the Western Sumatra in Indonesia, which registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale, prompted a brief tsunami warning throughout Thailand yesterday. Tremors were [Read More…]
Thailand to wait for Indonesia whether to issue tsunami warning
Thailand will wait to see whether Indonesia would issue tsunami warning before deciding whether to issue the warning. Indonesia’s Sumatra island was hit by powerful [Read More…]