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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 ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Twenty years ago today, the rising and falling floor of the Indian Ocean sent tsunamis pouring over highly vulnerable coastal ...

Thousands of mourners descended on beaches throughout Southeast Asia today to lay candles at memorial sites marking 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, one of modern ...

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Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but one that gave her new purpose. She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the ...

A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given ... killed across 14 countries after a 9.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia triggered the deadly ...

MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000. They gathered along shores to honour those who died when huge waves triggered by a 9.2 ...

A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed, aged eight, because of an elephant said "it makes you grateful for everything that's happened to you". On 26 ...

Twenty years after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami caused unimaginable devastation across 14 countries, reminders of that horrific day are still visible. All these years later, some communities are ...

Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember hundreds of thousands of people killed during the massive Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves ...