The tsunami was the deadliest natural disaster in the 21st century and one of the deadliest in recorded history. Head of ...

The quake created a 1,200-kilometer-long rupture on the seafloor, raising one side of the break by up to 15 meters, which ...

The tsunami struck in the wake of a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off Sumatra island on Dec. 26, 2004. Its massive waves travelled thousands of miles, wreaking devastation and killing more than 230,000 ...

Agalega, which comprises two tiny islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, 500 miles or so northeast of Madagascar, is an ...

A visit to the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte, which were struck by Cyclone Chido last weekend, reveals the devastating toll ...

VFX house Lux Aeterna used wave height data from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration for National Geographic's ...

FOR over a decade, the wreckage of the missing passenger plane MH370 has remained lost – but one man believes that’s because investigators are looking in the wrong place. Malaysian ...

In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the ...

From a grand estate full of playful details in the French countryside to a tented lodge beside the Indian Ocean in Sri Lanka, ...

Scientists map over 200,000 underwater hills using SWOT satellite technology New discoveries in oceanography reveal extensive underwater terrain features and their significance to Earths evolution.

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

Tropical Cyclone Chido struck southeast Africa, killing 14 in France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday and then hitting Mozambique on Sunday.