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

The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean, hitting Sri Lanka, India and Thailand ... a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made ...

Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated ... On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30 metres (100 feet ...

On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake -- one of the strongest tremors ever recorded -- unleashed a devastating tsunami that ravaged coastal communities in Thailand, Indonesia ...

Almost 1,000km off the Thai coast devastated ... On Dec 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30m high. Only a rudimentary warning ...

Presents a minute-by-minute account of the most destructive tsunami in modern times ... of survivors present in Thailand and Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004.

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember hundreds of thousands of people killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves ...