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 ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand ... 26, 2004, the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami ...

On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30 metres ... more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures ...

Villagers gather for prayers for those who lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ... waves at double the speed of a bullet train, crossing the Indian Ocean within hours. In Thailand ...

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.

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 ...

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