After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on - BBC
2 days ago · The tsunami waves it triggered spread across the Indian Ocean at speeds of up to 800km/h (as fast as a jet airliner), devastating coastal areas in more than a dozen countries and killing 230,000 ...
Remembering the deadliest tsunami in history | CNN
3 days ago · A man surveys tsunami damage in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in January 2005. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images. ... A tsunami wave hits the promenade on Thailand's Ao Nang Beach on December 26, 2004.
Indonesians mark 20 years since tragic tsunami | AP News
Dec 21, 2024 · People are seen through a hole in the wall of a building damaged by 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as they visit a giant barge housing a , a diesel power generator swept ashore by the killer wave, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec 14, 2024.
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Prayers, tears mark 20 years of the …
3 days ago · A woman sprinkles water on a stone marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah) Share. Share ... Indonesia, which was flattened by tidal waves, on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005. (AP Photo/Dudi Anung, File) Share. Share Copy. Link copied ...
The Waves That Changed Us: 20 years since the Asian tsunami
3 days ago · But the 2004 tsunami also resulted in a change in the fabric of society in Aceh. With the post-tsunami influx of international aid, foreigners came to help and, with them, new ideas and influences.
Memorials mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the ...
2 days ago · Couple who lost 3 children in tsunami dedicate their lives to orphans 01:16. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation stays vigilant for …
4 days ago · Ayuni survived the tsunami by chance, staying at her aunt’s house in Banda Aceh instead of her family home in Lampuuk, Aceh Besar district. However, the disaster shattered her childhood, claiming the lives of her parents and younger sister, who was only 6 when their home was hit by the giant waves.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia
A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh (Indonesia), and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu (Indi...
20 Years Since the Deadly Tsunami in Asia - The New York Times
3 days ago · The wave surged and rushed. It sent water as high as 160 feet slamming onto land with a force far outstripping that of an atomic bomb. When the tsunami inundated the coasts of more than a dozen ...
‘We still carry the tsunami with us’: Aceh thrives 20 years after ...
Dec 21, 2024 · On Dec 26, 2004, giant ocean waves devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, killing more than 160,000 people. The Straits Times revisits the disaster zone 20 years on to see how the...
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