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October 3, 2018

Catholic agencies aid victims of Indonesia earthquake, tsunami

A woman holds her son as they rest Oct. 3 outside their damaged home after an earthquake hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Catholic aid agencies were among those working to assess the needs and get relief to the island of Sulawesi after an earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,400 people dead.

Published in International
November 22, 2016

New quake, tsunami spotlight Japanese bishops' anti-nuclear stance

Koji Nakamura, earthquake and volcano observations division director of the Japan Meteorological Agency, points at a map showing earthquake information during a news conference in Tokyo Nov. 22.

TOKYO – A strong subsea earthquake triggered a tsunami alert along Japan's northeastern Pacific coast at dawn Nov. 22, sending residents running for high ground and unleashing a brief nuclear drama in an unwelcome reminder of the disaster in the same area five years ago.

Published in International
December 6, 2014

A decade after tsunami, Indonesians still wrestle with trauma

Nyak Minah stands in front of a store she added to the front of her home in Kubang Gajah, Indonesia, Nov. 4. Ten years after a giant tsunami swept across South Asia, survivors across the region still wrestle with the trauma that lingers long after the wa ter receded from thousands of seaside towns and villages.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Ten years after a giant tsunami swept across South Asia, survivors across the region still wrestle with the trauma that lingers long after the water receded from thousands of seaside towns and villages.

Published in International
December 6, 2012

Damage in Philippines from typhoon looks like tsunami hit, CRS rep says

Residents carry the coffin of a victim of Typhoon Bopha Dec. 6 past a house destroyed by the typhoon in New Bataan, Philippines. Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Philippines planned to begin distributing basic necessities to 1,250 families as soon as possible.

WASHINGTON - The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao in the southern Philippines is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official coordinating the agency's storm response.

Published in International