YAMAMOTO, Miyagi Prefecture--A striking memorial has opened at a battered local school that became refuge to 90 people from the deadly tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

This is because of its dense population and how it is exposed to the Pacific Ocean, which can just trigger a tsunami at any given moment when the earth decides to do so. The country itself has a ...

A powerful wave had struck the coastline along Batu Ferringhi. It was Dec 26, 2004, the day of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami. At that point, no one knew about the magnitude of the tragedy but a ...