On that fateful day, the Matara Express was caught in the path of devastation. What followed was not only the destruction of steel and tracks but the shattering of families, towns, and collective memory.

MEULABOH, Indonesia, Jan 27 (UNHCR) - Sulaiman's eyes misted as he received blankets, plastic sheeting and kitchen sets from the UN refugee agency for his extended family of 25 crammed into an abandoned housing project in Meulaboh city. A proud man, he ...

The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,000 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.Separate weather systems brought torrential,

JAKARTA: Indonesia's government is resisting growing pressure to declare a national disaster over devastating floods that killed hundreds of people and laid waste to parts of Sumatra island. The country has only made the declaration three times in recent memory: for a 1992 earthquake and tsunami,

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 25 (UNHCR) - Like so many other people in Sri Lanka, Mrs. A.L. Sulahaummah will never forget 26 December 2004, the day the tsunami struck, killing more than 200,000 people in 13 countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia ...

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 toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,160 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors.