The December 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 and wiped-out thousands of communities on the shores of the Indian Ocean was especially devastating to the people of Aceh, Indonesia. A ...

The December 2004 Asian tsunami left nearly a quarter of a million people dead. Indonesia's Aceh province was among the hardest hit. But nine years on, the province is home to a largely successful ...

Bill Nicol in Banda Aceh after the tsunami. The devastating Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 killed more than 230,000 people in 14 countries and triggered a massive four-year international aid and ...

BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA — When a magnitude-9.0 undersea quake unleashed a tsunami in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004, no place on land was closer than the Indonesian province of Aceh, on the ...

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free ...

Tsunami spurred Aceh's separatists and the Indonesian military to end a 30-year war – but now there are fears the province is falling prey to rising Islamic fundamentalism.

Rina Meutia survived the devastating tsunami 10 years ago in Indonesia's Banda Aceh. She talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt about the immediate aftermath and how the region has changed since then.

Peace and Sharia law in Aceh province Thomas Latschan /bk, db 12/26/2014 December 26, 2014. In 2004, the Indonesian province of Aceh was a civil war zone. Then came the tsunami.

The tsunami hit Aceh harder than anywhere else in the world, and a decade later the sorrow is still raw although many in the religious province believe that sin brought the disaster down on their ...

The tsunami of 10 years ago left Banda Aceh, Indonesia, destroyed beyond belief. Today, it looks very different.

One year after the tsunami, Aceh is testament both to the successes and the failures that can come from billions of dollars in aid money. IE 11 is not supported.

After surviving the 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Zahrul Fuadi was then caught up in this month's disaster in Japan, making him perhaps unique in surviving two of the biggest tsunamis in recent history.