Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.

The earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami took place on December 26, 2004, but the extent of the event and the scale of the devastation took days to comprehend. The quake was the third ...

26, 2004, that brought a peaceful end to three decades of war. I will never forget what a former village chief, who lost his wife and five children in the tsunami, said: “When I think of what ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin ...

“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck the shores of ...

Weekend mornings at Akkaraipettai beach, marked by cricket and volleyball, belie a tragic past. The ground is a mass burial site for victims of the 2004 tsunami that claimed 1,800 lives.

A memorial service was held at Thrace Puram Beach in Thoothukudi ... On December 26, 2004, an earthquake occurred on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, resulting in a tsunami that devastated ...