At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra ... “I knew it was going to be one of the biggest disasters we have ever seen, because of the scale of the ...

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

The in-depth story of the Sri Lanka Tsunami Train Disaster 2004 (a Train Wreck ... It is Sunday, December 26, 2004, Boxing Day. For most passengers, however, today is Poya Day, a Buddhist holiday ...

It is known as one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. Today marks 20 years since a powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a huge tsunami ...

Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami ...

Boxing Day 2004 produced one of the most devastating disasters the world has seen when a massive tsunami in the Indian Ocean hit Asia. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake had struck the coast of northern ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on from one of the deadliest disasters ever recorded. Daniel Poole, from ...

Ducan Rigley said after the tsunami he did not want ... so we knew we were not going to die that day." The Ridgley family moved to Egypt following the 2004 disaster [Duncan Ridgley] Stephen ...

The 2004 tsunami was the first time ... Now an emergency co-ordinator with Truro-based disaster-relief charity ShelterBox, Mr Poole said the Boxing Day tsunami had a significant impact on how ...

Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Centre at Syiah Kuala University in Aceh recorded more than 1,400 wrecked schools and about 150,000 students had their education process disrupted by the ...