Beachfront ceremonies in Thailand were the first of hundreds due to be held ... the two places hardest hit by the tsunami. In both cases, success has been mixed. At Bang Niang beach in Thailand's ...

All trees were flattened, and all buildings were mostly low-rise. It was Thailand’s first great tsunami so, there were no systems in place. Today, tsunami warning towers with huge sirens allow ...

Thai officials say the country plans to install the first tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean this month, nearly two years after a series of massive waves killed some 250,000 people around ...

He was visiting northern Thailand in December, 2004, when the tsunami struck the country's southern coast. "I managed to get there about 12 days after the tsunami," he recalls, "and the first ...

KHAO LAK, Thailand — Watana Sittirachot was ... whose nickname is Game. For the first two years after the tsunami, the children lived in a tent. The founding director, Rotjana Phraesrithong ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami which unexpectedly hit Asia on ... of rushing water’ crashed through countries such as Indonesia, ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman ... the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck across South and Southeast Asia, after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the west coast ...

As the sun crested the horizon early on Boxing Day 2004, no-one on Thailand's west coast expected ... was shocked by some people's reactions. "The first thing I saw, the ATM is falling and people ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand, Dec 19 (Reuters ... Ban Nam Khem was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit on Boxing Day in 2004, triggered by a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of ...