Norway revises wave toll
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NORWAY today revised the number of its citizens killed in tsunamis in Asia down as diplomats and police bickered over the right method to track victims and possible survivors.
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other ...
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The toll from a severe earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island last week has risen to 17 dead and 88 injured, while more than 13,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, officials said on Saturday.
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Swiss Re, the world's second-largest reinsurer, said it expects its losses from the tsunamis that devastated Indian Ocean coastal areas will remain below 100 million Swiss francs (US$88.2 million). The claims ...
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other disasters this year.
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The great wave that wreaked disaster round the Indian Ocean has brought its first cargo of death to the northern shores of Europe.
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OSLO, Norway - November in Norway is full of hazards. Ice-slicked streets, moose on the roads and fierce cold.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With workers still finding bodies under mud-caked rubble a month after a tsunami, Indonesia's Health Ministry revised its casualty count yesterday, lowering confirmed deaths to 96,000 but raising the number of missing, and presumed dead, to 132,000.
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The death toll of tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake climbed to 10226 on Sunday in seven countries in south and east of Asia.
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HALMSTAD, Sweden  - High winds caused structural damage to the course and delayed the second day's play at the Solheim Cup in Halmstad, Sweden on Saturday.
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THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.
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PHUKET, Thailand: The final death toll from Thailand&#39;s tidal wave disaster could approach 6,800, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested Thursday as European nations joined Thais in trying to trace thousands of missing people.
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The world's biggest reinsurer said Tuesday that the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis likely will cost it less than 100 million euros (&#36;136 million), saying its exposure to the extensive damage would be limited by low insurance coverage.
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The number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean shorelines a week ago passed 144,000.
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"The wells were not production-tested, but extensive data collection and sampling were carried out"  OSLO, Norway: Norsk Hydro ASA struck oil and natural gas reserves about 120 kilometers off the western Norway city of Bergen, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announced Monday. via International Herald Tribune
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Officials in charge of the existing international tsunami warning system, have taken an initial step to broaden the network to the Indian Ocean and other possible trouble spots.
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The death toll from last weekend&#39;s tsunami in the Indian Ocean now stands at more than 125,000. Indonesia has said there have been fresh aftershocks in the northwestern Sumatran province of Aceh, where the