Survivors Mark 20 Years Since World's Deadliest Tsunami with Ceremonies at Places Devastated by the 2004 Tragedy
On Dec. 26, 2004, in one of the worst natural disasters of the modern era, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake spurred catastrophic waves that brought destruction and devastation to at least 12 countries. It left some 230,000 people dead, and some 1.7 million more were displaced — hitting India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand the hardest.
A couple have been reliving the astonishing moment they learned a palm tree planted in memory of their daughter the day ...
Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without ...
The Asian tsunami that crashed into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, is this century’s deadliest ...
The couple were on holiday with family on Vilamendhoo island in the Maldives, where they noticed the usually still water ...
The brunt of the tsunami was felt in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where 170,000 people perished. Sri Lanka, India and ...
I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...
On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...
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