Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The quick thinking of a 10-year-old English girl, Tilly Smith, is credited with helping to save some 100 lives just before the ...

More than three years on, the resort island of Phuket, on the west coast of Thailand, is nearly fully recovered from the devastating 2004 tsunami. In the beach areas of Patong, Karon and Kata, the ...

According to eTN Sources in Phuket, no devastating tsunami hit the Thai coastline. According to eTN Sources in Phuket, no devastating tsunami hit the Thai coastline. Local authorities warned tourists ...

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Visitors to Thailand have long been impressed by the friendliness of the local people and their welcoming attitude to travelers. Visitors to Thailand have long been impressed by the friendliness of ...

A mercy flight will return almost 200 South Africans who had been trapped in tsunami-hit Phuket to Johannesburg on Wednesday. The bodies of four dead South Africans are expected to be on the same ...

BANGKOK, April 11 (Reuters) - A tsunami warning and evacuation order were issued by disaster prevention authorities in the southern Thai provinces of Phuket and Phangnga on Wednesday after a huge ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The international airport on the southern Thai tourist island of Phuket was closed on Wednesday after a tsunami warning was issued following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the ...

In Thailand, Sunday's tsunami killed hundreds of people on the resort island of Phuket, as well as other islands nearby. Among those who died in the waves was 21-year-old Bhumi Jensen, a U.S. citizen ...