Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day ...
Dec 26, 2024 · Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
Dec 26, 2024 · People have gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark the 20th anniversary of the massive Indian Ocean tsunami. On Boxing Day in 2004, a powerful 9.1 ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami ...
Dec 26, 2024 · People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India to mark 20 years since 228,000 people lost their lives in one of the worst natural disasters in...
Boxing Day tsunami: 20 year anniversary events remember …
Dec 26, 2024 · The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on December 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day ...
Dec 26, 2024 · Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. People started gathering in prayer today and visiting mass graves in Aceh, one of the worst-hit areas by the Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami which killed an estimated 230,000 people across a dozen countries. The tsunami was ...
'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the Sri Lankan surfing village of Arugam Bay on 26 December 2004 when one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of...
Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years on: 'I had survivor's guilt' - Sky News
Dec 25, 2024 · It triggered a tsunami that swept through the region and took the lives of around 230,000 people across 14 countries, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and India badly hit.
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand: The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami …
Dec 20, 2024 · The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, the survivors share their incredible stories.
Victims and survivors of Boxing Day tsunami remembered 20 …
Dec 26, 2024 · Nearly two million people were left homeless and 1.7 million displaced, with inhabitants of the coastlines of Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka suffering the brunt of the devastation.
Survivors in Banda Aceh recall horrors of Boxing Day tsunami
Dec 25, 2024 · Moments later, the wall of water made landfall, a tsunami bringing death and destruction to Aceh province on Indonesia’s biggest island. As one of the few that recognised the danger, Razali had run home to his pregnant wife. The pair setting off …