It was a natural disaster with a terrible toll felt around the world - including in Norfolk. Boxing Day marks 20 years since a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the Indonesian island off Sumatra ...
The observance is part of the island-wide “National Safety Day” commemorations, with the central ceremony being held at the Peraliya Tsunami Memorial Statue in Galle. This year marks two decades since ...
“I had first gone to Thailand on a solo trip for my 21st birthday,” the now 41-year-old mum told news.com.au ... trying to escape the tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Picture: AFP / STR ...
Boxing Day marks 20 years since a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the Indonesian island off Sumatra triggered a tsunami which killed around 230,000 people. Tidal waves measuring up to 10 ...
Ducan Rigley said after the tsunami he did not ... saved his family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has recalled how he "missed death five times on that day". Duncan Ridgley, from Welwyn ...
This year, Boxing Day marks the ... On 26 December 2004, one of the deadliest disasters in history struck when tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake. A Sky News camera crew would ...