People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed ...

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters ...

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her ...

Indonesia's Aceh province bore the brunt of the disaster, with the giant waves wiping out entire villages in minutes. The tsunami killed an estimated 130,000 people there. The densely populated ...

s Aceh commemorates 20 years since the 2004 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands in the province, authorities are striving to ensure that people are better prepared when future disasters ...

and killed more than 220,000 people worldwide. The siren, sounded by acting Aceh governor Safrizal Zakaria Ali, marked the start of a city-wide moment of silence to remember more than 170,000 ...

Two decades after a devastating tsunami struck Aceh, survivors like Tria Asnani reflect on tragic losses and resilient ...

Twenty years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left over 220,000 people dead, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, ...

The tsunami killed an estimated 130,000 people in Aceh. The densely populated Banda Aceh was the worst-hit — with some 60,000 people dead and many more missing.