Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

It created waves more than 30 metres ... westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh alone, according to the Indonesian government. - Warning systems - The tsunami also forced a reckoning about ...

And in Banda Aceh, the sea produced waves of up to 100 feet ... Now the city has a new quake detection and tsunami warning system, which its residents hope will remain ready but unused.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

who was only 6 when their home was hit by the giant waves. Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now stronger than before the tsunami. Early warning systems have been set up in areas ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village ... her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 ...