https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German tourists on holiday in Thailand were among thousands evacuated from the beaches and taken to high ground after an enormous undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean prompted a tsunami alarm. https://www.thelocal.de/20120411/41881 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:10:00 +0200 41881 German scientists on Thursday joined a mission to the seabed off Japan where a massive quake triggered last year's devastating tsunami, to get their first proper look at the buckled ocean floor. https://www.thelocal.de/20120308/41197 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:01:00 +0100 41197 Germany has invested €45 million in a network of buoys that are supposed to warn Asians of an impending tsunami. But they don't work and even if they did they might be useless, according to news reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20111018/38287 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:24:00 +0200 38287 Former owner of the bankrupt Beluga shipping firm Niels Stolberg has been accused of funnelling money donated to rebuild a school in Thailand after the 2004 tsunami in Asia into his company’s coffers as he battled to keep it afloat. https://www.thelocal.de/20111005/38017 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:01:00 +0200 38017 The German emergency relief agency, the Technisches Hilfswerk (THW), has ended its search-and-rescue operation in Japan following Friday's earthquake and tsunami. A spokesman said there is almost no chance of finding more survivors. https://www.thelocal.de/20110315/33717 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:53:00 +0100 33717 At least one German tourist has been injured in a tsunami that killed more than 100 on the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific, honorary consul Arne Schreiber told broadcaster WDR on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090930/22245 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:12:00 +0200 22245