On December 22 at 9:03 p.m. local time, a 64-hectare (158-acre) chunk of Anak Krakatau volcano, in Indonesia, slid into the ocean following an eruption. This landslide created a tsunami that struck ...

Having severely lost the Battle of the Java Sea, the remaining Allied fleet prepared to leave Java behind and sail to Australia. Among the departing ships were the uss Houston and hmas Perth. The ...

THE Navy has raised concern about the apparent looting of the wreck of the HMAS Perth, which was sunk near Java in 1942 with the loss of 353 lives. Claims that scrap merchants were stripping the HMAS ...

The deadly tsunami struck in the dark, without warning. At least 222 people were killed as waves smashed into houses, hotels and other beachside buildings Saturday night along Indonesia’s Sunda Strait ...