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Tears and prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on

Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one of the world's worst natural disasters.

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Ravaged forest threatens Mayotte's biodiversity, economy and food security

In the wake of Cyclone Chido, the worst natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, Mayotte's forests have been devastated – and with them the island's biodiversity, food security and local economy.

Radio France Internationale

End of the world: tsunami seared into survivors' minds

December 26 marks 20 years since a monster earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people including 26 Australians.

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Hurricane-force winds bear down on California, latest in stretch of extreme weather

California has been hit hard by extreme weather over the past several weeks

The Independent UK

Santa Cruz pier collapse: Chunk of California wharf drops into ocean taking three people with it

Three people were thrown into the ocean after a pier collapsed in a major storm in California that left at least one person dead.

Evening Standard

Drastic Antarctic sea ice loss could fuel extreme weather in years ahead

Massive reductions in Antarctic sea ice in recent years has been correlated with more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, and could have implications for vital ocean currents.

LiveScience

California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve

Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier

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Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history.

The Conversation

Hunt for teen swept off rocks extends to Christmas Day

Police and volunteers will search on Christmas Day for a a 15-year-old boy believed to have been swept into the ocean from rocks north of Sydney.

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40 Photos Of Ocean Waves That Capture Dynamic Movement In A Single Shot By Rachael Talibart

Capturing something as fast-changing as waves can result in fascinating photos, and this photographer’s work is proof of that. The post 40 Photos Of Ocean Waves That Capture Dynamic Movement In A Single Shot By Rachael Talibart first appeared on Bored Panda.

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20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a boy found in the mud embraces being known as 'Baby 81'

The boy once known as “Baby 81,” who was pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, is now a 20-year-old dreaming of higher education

The Independent UK

Blogs To Bluesky: Social Media Shifts Responses After 2004 Tsunami

The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social media platforms flourished, but they have since transformed how we understand and respond to disasters -- from finding the missing to swift crowdfunding.

International Business Times

California Pier Partially Collapses During Major Storm

California pier collapse during storm prompts rescue efforts. No serious injuries reported. Ongoing renovation and potential hazards to boats.

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2 rescued after California pier partially collapses due to heavy surf from major Pacific storm

Two people were rescued when a California pier partially collapsed and fell into the ocean as the state’s central coast was pounded by heavy surf from a major storm expected to bring hurricane-force winds to the seas off the Pacific Northwest

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The ‘sea nomads’ forced to switch life on the ocean for land

The Moken, a group of indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar, once sailed freely between the archipelago of 800 islands off the coast of the two countries

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The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand's sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

The Moken, a group of indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar, once sailed freely between the archipelago of 800 islands off the coast of the two countries

International Business Times

Freed Activist Paul Watson Vows To 'End Whaling Worldwide'

Animal rights activist Paul Watson, freed this week from detention in Denmark, vowed on Saturday to end whale hunting worldwide and to stop Japan if it tried to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Scenes of devastation from the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian coastal communities across thousands of miles.

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60 Weird New Things on Amazon That'll Impress the Hell Out of People

This list of 60 weird new things on Amazon that’ll impress the hell out of people is full of cute, useful gear humans love and need.

Latin Times

Fisherman Casts a Line Into the Ocean, Hooks Drowning Woman

A local angler fishing at a shoreline in South Africa saved a woman who had been drowning when his fishing line hooked onto her.

The Conversation

Climate, migration and conflict mix to create ‘deadly’ intense tropical storms like Chido

Cyclone Chido was an “intense tropical cyclone”, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic. It made landfall in Mayotte, a small island lying to the north-west of Madagascar on December 14, generating wind gusts approaching 155mph (250km/hr). Later on, it hit Mozambique, East Africa with the same ferocity.

The Independent UK

Search to resume for missing MH370 flight

Negotiations are underway with a US company on a ‘no find, no fee’ agreement

The Conversation

In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like real Polynesian explorers − an astronomer explains how these methods work

If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean. If you’re on Hawaii, the nearest island to you is more than 1,000 miles…

LiveScience

Denmark Strait cataract: The world's largest waterfall, hidden underwater and unlike any other on land

The Denmark Strait cataract is a sloping portion of the seafloor between Iceland and Greenland that funnels cold water from the Nordic Seas into the Irminger Sea, fueling Atlantic Ocean currents.

The Independent UK

Macron met with anger and frustration over cyclone response during French leader's visit to Mayotte

French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents of Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago

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