Just before 8am, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered what would become known as the Boxing Day tsunami. Considered one of the largest natural disasters in modern history ...

This Boxing Day will be quiet for John May as he looks ... Sri Lankan village after their own lucky escape from the tsunami. The couple were on holiday with family on Vilamendhoo island in the ...

At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of ... The death toll includes those killed as far away as Somalia, where 300 people died. In Kenya, an early tsunami ...

A collection of clips marking 10 years anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami which killed over 230,000 people in countries in and bordering the Indian Ocean. Jayawardene ...

Hear powerful survivor stories from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. It’s been 20 years since one of history’s deadliest natural disasters. Discover how tragedy defined a generation.

Recounting that chaotic day in 2004, when the Boxing Day tsunami devastated the Indian Ocean basin, Ng described how packed his ambulance was. “Many injured people stopped us, needing transport ...

Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as the disaster came to be called—I was transferred to Indonesia. During my stint, I visited Aceh many times, feeling an affinity ...

Early warning systems and fostering public awareness have improved. But gaps remain in policy implementation and infrastructure maintenance.

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