The powerful underwater current changed without warning, dragging us down and threatening to sweep us out into open water, far beyond help. We scrabbled for a hold, grabbing rocks, smashing coral and kicking our legs in panic.
A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday could trigger a tsunami on coasts near its epicenter, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The Japanese navy deployed the first of two ships Thursday to resume the country's refueling mission in support of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Despite some successes since the reopening of hostilities, government boasts that they are about to defeat the rebel Tamil Tigers are premature
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Delhi hopes to ditch its reputation as a sleepy diplomatic gabfest with a summit of the region's hottest musical acts
Japan ordered its mission in support of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, after the government failed to reach an agreement with parliament to extend it.
Three years after a series of tsunamis killed more than 200,000 people and devastated hundreds of communities bordering the Indian Ocean, a team of engineers has figured out how to re-create smaller versions of the killer waves in a lab.
An international team of earthquake specialists says Indonesia faces another potential "giant" quake in the near future.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the southwestern coast of Sumatra Friday in the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed 13 people earlier in the week.
The powerful underwater current changed without warning, dragging us down and threatening to sweep us out into open water, far beyond help. We scrabbled for a hold, grabbing rocks, smashing coral and kicking our legs in panic.
A French yacht. A Japanese tanker. A Spanish fishing boat. After several years of decline, pirates are striking with increasing frequency on the high seas.
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday could trigger a tsunami on coasts near its epicenter, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The Japanese navy deployed the first of two ships Thursday to resume the country's refueling mission in support of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Despite some successes since the reopening of hostilities, government boasts that they are about to defeat the rebel Tamil Tigers are premature
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Delhi hopes to ditch its reputation as a sleepy diplomatic gabfest with a summit of the region's hottest musical acts
Japan ordered its mission in support of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, after the government failed to reach an agreement with parliament to extend it.
Three years after a series of tsunamis killed more than 200,000 people and devastated hundreds of communities bordering the Indian Ocean, a team of engineers has figured out how to re-create smaller versions of the killer waves in a lab.
An international team of earthquake specialists says Indonesia faces another potential "giant" quake in the near future.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck off the southwestern coast of Sumatra Friday in the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed 13 people earlier in the week.
Powerful earthquakes terrorized Indonesia for a third day Friday as thousands of people slept outside in the hills, and seismologists warned that the worst may be yet to come
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck late Thursday off the western coast of Sumatra, the same area shaken by a major 8.4-magnitude temblor that killed nine people Wednesday.
Powerful quakes in Indonesia recall the 2004 tragedy and prompt worries over whether we're prepared for the next one
People on the Indonesian island of Sumatra were jolted Thursday by a powerful tremor that prompted the Indonesian government to issue another tsunami warning.
A massive earthquake shook Indonesia on Wednesday, killing seven people, injuring 100 and triggering a small tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra
Climate change could create a refugee crisis worse than that faced at the end of World War Two with up to one billion people displaced from their homes by the middle of the century, a new report has warned.
Two earthquakes struck off the southwest coast of Taiwan on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that left more than 200,000 dead.
The death toll from an earthquake and resulting tsunami that smashed into fishing villages and resorts on Indonesia's Java island has reached 525 with 273 people missing, officials have said.
The death toll from an earthquake and resulting tsunami that smashed into fishing villages and resorts on Indonesia's Java island has reached 340 with more than 200 people missing, officials say.
A major earthquake off the coast of Java and a tsunami that followed has killed at least 155 people, according to Red Cross officials.
Eight people were killed in a Sri Lankan park on Saturday when a landmine exploded, Sri Lankan military authorities said Sunday.
Tropical cyclones are heat engines formed over the vast expanses of water that form the world's oceans.
Natural disasters, terrorism and politics drove the top stories of 2005, according to an unscientific poll of CNN.com readers.
On Christmas Day last year I was scheduled to fly to Costa Lanta, a 22-bungalow beachside resort in the Thai province of Krabi.
The December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami prompted an unprecedented flood of aid pledges to the affected regions, particularly to the hard-hit Aceh province of Indonesia.
Almost a year after the Indian Ocean tsunami slammed ashore on December 26, 2004, experts have finished installing stage one of a high-tech early warning system.
Somali pirates attacked five ships in the past week in a sharp rise of banditry apparently orchestrated by a mysterious "mothership" prowling the busy Indian Ocean corridor, shipping experts said Friday.
A 43-year-old man at first thought to have possibly been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is in fact suffering from another type of flu, French authorities said Thursday.
India, the world's second most populous nation and its 10th largest economy, is on the rise and bidding for superpower status.
A 7.2 earthquake centered in the Nicobar Islands shook the Indian Ocean but did not pose a widespread threat of a tsunami, an official said.
Scientists are gaining insight about December's devastating earthquake and tsunami from the actual sounds of the magnitude 9.3 quake in the Indian Ocean.
Separatist rebels and the Indonesian government have reached a tentative peace agreement after five straight days of talks in Helsinki, Finland, according to a spokesman for GAM (Free Aceh Movement).
A strong earthquake has struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, shaking buildings and triggering some panic.
Painful memories have been stirred Sunday, six months after the Asian tsunami that killed more than 176,000 people and triggered the world's largest humanitarian mission.
On 17 March 2005, 81 days after a massive tsunami swept away a great swathe of humanity in nations bordering the Indian Ocean, scientists from Ireland's University of Ulster predicted a quake would soon rattle fault lines near Indonesia.
The toll of dead and missing six months after the December 26 Indian Ocean quake and tsunami stands at 226,328, according to government figures given to the International Federation of Red Cross.
Sri Lanka's president has dismissed allegations of corruption following the December tsunami that claimed more than 30,000 lives and displaced nearly a million others in the South Asian nation.
Dramatic new data from the December 26, 2004, Sumatran-Andaman earthquake that generated deadly tsunamis show the event created the longest fault rupture and the longest duration of faulting ever observed, according to three reports by an international group of seismologists published Thursday in the journal "Science."
Hundreds of bereaved families and friends of those killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami have joined Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair at a memorial service to honor those who died.
The Indonesian island of Nias, where hundreds of people were killed in Monday's quake, is a popular destination with foreign and local surfers.
Survivors of the great earthquake that struck off Sumatra have used their hands to dig through rubble while searching for loved ones on the hard-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
Why do some earthquakes spawn tsunamis that kill thousands while others hardly stir a ripple on the ocean surface?
Natural and man-made catastrophes killed over 300,000 people around the world in 2004 and caused insured losses totaling nearly $50 billion worldwide, a report said on Tuesday.
It was a steamy Boxing Day morning in Bangkok and we were strolling past an array of fried insects on sale at one of 9,000 stalls at the Chatuchak Weekend markets when the mobile rang.
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to working in a partnership with Indonesia to rebuild areas hit by the December 26 tsunami.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will serve as the U.N. envoy for tsunami reconstruction efforts in South Asia, the United Nations announced Tuesday.
The United Nations says the number of people needing food aid will soar to nearly 800,000 in Aceh following the December 26 quake and tsunami.
Government ministers from tsunami-ravaged Asian nations have failed to overcome their differences on which country should host a proposed early warning system in the Indian Ocean.
Government ministers from tsunami-ravaged Asian nations are gathering on the island of Phuket to plan for a proposed tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean.
Peace talks between Indonesian officials and exiled Aceh rebels will begin in Finland on Thursday after December's devastating tsunami seems to have brought the two sides back to the negotiating table.
The Bush administration plans to nearly double its tsunami aid relief contribution to about $650 million for the nations hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami, congressional sources have told CNN.
In the wake of last month's tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, countries attending a United Nations conference on disaster reduction have agreed to pursue a plan aimed at reducing the risk posed by natural disasters.
Indonesia's president joined tsunami survivors crowding mosques in ravaged Aceh province to mark Islam's holiest day, pledging to rebuild the region.
The Indonesian Health Ministry said Wednesday that the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis killed 166,320 people in Indonesia, jumping the regional death toll for the disaster to 212,611.
Indonesia's defense minister says his country has no intention of expelling foreign troops helping the country recover from the tsunami disaster but merely hopes to take over most of the relief effort by the end of March.
The world's wealthiest nations have offered to let nine countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis halt repayments on billions of dollars of debt.
Southern California's most devastating rainfall since records have been kept has resulted in deadly mudslides that have swallowed subdivisions, and the floods are catching motorists and even rescue workers by surprise.
Two weeks after a tsunami ravaged coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, a new video has brought a different perspective to the horror of the disaster.
Once a peaceful fishing outpost on India's southeast coast, the village of Nallavadu is now nothing but rubble. Like so many other towns and villages surrounding the Indian Ocean, it is a victim of the tsunamis.
Britain's Princes William and Harry have pitched in to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
High-ranking international officials have toured regions hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis to see firsthand the devastation that has prompted one of the world's biggest relief efforts.
The tsunamis that struck after an earthquake under the Indian Ocean took the world by surprise, but the killer waves could have been tracked almost from their birth if warning systems were in place, according to scientists.
Government and aid agencies say it is too early to consider adopting children who may have been orphaned by the tsunami disaster.
World leaders have pledged to work together on tsunami relief and reconstruction and establish a warning system to help avoid a similar disaster in the Indian Ocean.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed for $977 million in emergency relief over the next six months for the "unprecedented global catastrophe" triggered by the Asian tsunamis.
As nations rush to make donations in the wake of the tsunami tragedy, concerns are being raised over how much of the promised monetary relief will materialize.
CNN International is examining the economic impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the region. And we are asking for your questions on how the disaster has affected the vital tourism industry.
The Internet has played an unprecedented role supplying aid, money and information in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis.
The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster has prompted unprecedented use of the Internet.
Much of Europe fell silent for three minutes on Wednesday as busy rail stations, stock exchanges, offices and shops paused to mourn the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Saudi Arabia, criticized in the Arab world for not offering more money for tsunami disaster relief, said Tuesday it will triple the aid it has pledged to $30 million and will hold a fund-raising telethon to benefit victims.
Sweden has begun paying homage to the many nationals who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami, putting on a formal and symbolic ceremony for the first bodies returning to home soil.
The world's richest nations are likely to agree to freeze debt repayments for nations devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to Britain's treasury chief.
If you're giving money to charity, make sure every dollar counts.
Though the epicenter of last week's disaster was in the Indian Ocean, the devastating toll was felt worldwide.
Relief workers are struggling to reach areas cut off by last week's Indian Ocean tsunamis, as the death toll mounts and hope of finding thousands of missing people fades.
On Sunday morning, shortly before killer waves reached Sri Lanka and India, a report was transmitted to a monitoring station in Hong Kong.
Gargantuan global relief efforts are gaining momentum as countries and aid organizations donate money, supplies and personnel to areas ravaged by earthquake-triggered tsunamis.
People across Asia are flocking to makeshift morgues seeking lost loved ones after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Somalia, killing more than 26,000 people.
It happened one year ago.
A lone Japanese yachtsman has been plucked from his disabled boat in one of the world's most remote and inhospitable oceans.
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Somewhere in the crystalline equatorial waters of the Maldive islands, in the vast blue blankness of the Indian Ocean, a man floats effortlessly, rocked ever so slightly by loving currents, kissed ...
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