Hotels flattened along resort strand
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THAI army helicopters with loudspeakers hovered over remote jungle peaks in the south of the country yesterday, coaxing those who had fled Sundayâs massive tidal wave to come down to safety.
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The coast of Florida is taking a beating from Hurricane Frances which struck during the night with winds of up to 100mph. The holiday resort of Palm Beach was the first to be hit and the storm is now moving
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Explosions ripped through a Hilton hotel and two other resorts on Egypt&#39;s Red Sea Coast. At least 35 people were killed and 160 wounded, mostly Israeli tourists, the daily newspaper Haaretz said on it Web site.
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SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Singapore hoteliers Monday reported damages to their resorts in Phuket in Thailand and the Maldives, though the impact appeared relatively minor.
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The aftermath of an explosion in the Egyptian resort of Taba. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty. There are fears that the death toll will rise after 27 people were killed last night in bomb attacks in Egyptian Red Sea resorts popular with Israelis.
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A massive explosion tore off the front of a seaside hotel in the Egyptian resort of Taba late Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100 in what appeared to be a terrorist attack aimed at Israeli tourists, officials said.
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Thousands of European tourists were beginning their day with breakfast or by sunning themselves on Thailand's white sand beaches when massive waves triggered by an earthquake swept people, bungalows, boats and cars out to sea.
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Thousands of tourists were lazing on Thailand&#39;s renowned white sand beaches Sunday morning when an earthquake-driven wave turned their tropical vacations into a holiday of terror, sweeping people, bungalows, boats and cars out to
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The Sands casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which hosted celebrities Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr in its heyday, was reduced to thousands of tons of rubble on Thursday evening in the latest effort to remake the seaside gambling town.
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In about the same time it takes for a roulette ball to fall and settle on a number, the Sands Casino Hotel was demolished Thursday night.
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One of the tourism enclaves badly affected by the calamitous Asian earthquake was Phuket, an island located off the Southern part of Thailand.
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A huge blast tore through an Egyptian hotel used by vacationing Israelis at the border resort of Taba on Thursday, scattering dozens of bodies in what Israeli security sources said was a suspected bomb attack.
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Hundreds of tourists are evacuated from hotels on the Greek island of Skiathos to escape forest fires.
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Thailand&#39;s beach resorts were among the worst-hit as waves triggered by the underwater quake swept scores of people out to sea, drowning swimmers and sinking boats.
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A powerful earthquake sent a six-foot-high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia&#039;s Java island Monday, damaging hotels and sending boats smashing into houses, a witness told a local radio station.
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Eilat, Israel -- Two explosions ripped through a resort hotel Thursday evening in an Egyptian border enclave that caters to Israeli tourists, killing at least 18 to as many as 30, in what Israeli security officials called a terrorist attack.
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Thai rescuers load empty coffins to be sent to Phuket at Bangkok military airport Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers converged on beaches and islands Monday to search for survivors of earthquake-spawned tidal