PHUKET: A tsunami evacuation drill will be held on July 30, after a series of underwater earthquakes off the Nicobar Islands raised residents' fears of an impending tsunami, governor Narong ...

PHUKET: Two tsunami-warning buoys deployed in the sea to the west of this island province are being replaced with new ones as the warning system is updated. The two buoys were placed in the Indian ...

The Dec. 26 tsunami that ravaged many coastal ... was demolished when massive waves crashed into Phuket, Thailand. Steven Roberto, director of food and wine for the Baan Rim Pa Group, which owns Da ...

One of the first regions to show signs of recovery from southern Asia's devastating earthquake and tsunami is Thailand's southwestern province of Phuket. Along Phuket Island's Patong Beach ...

The Thai authorities have begun moving the bodies of foreign tsunami victims to a central point on Phuket island. Most of the corpses being relocated are currently in temples near the badly hit Khao ...

BANGKOK: The Thailand Open golf tournament has been moved from the mainland to Phuket to aid the resort island's recovery following the tsunami tragedy, the Asian Tour said yesterday. “ ...

"We have temporarily closed the airport following the tsunami alert," Reuters quoted Prateung Sornkham, Director at the Phuket International Airport Director, as saying. All incoming Thai flights ...

Thai authorities lifted a tsunami warning early on Monday and declared the southwest coast including Phuket Island safe after a major earthquake in India's Nicobar Islands, the National Disaster ...

Coastal residents in southern Thailand were urged to evacuate as authorities issued a tsunami warning after ... Patong beach on the tourist island of Phuket were already headed toward higher ...

Tourists have returned to Thailand's beaches but ... Thais affected by the tsunami on Phuket received about $500 in compensation during the reconstruction work. But not everyone recovered ...

"I don't think people will ever forget the tsunami. It changed a lot of people's lives," said Alisara Na-Takuatung, a local Phuket radio disc jockey who took part in a ceremony on Thailand's ...