Boxing Day 2004 tsunami: 'She was gone with the waves' - BBC News
Dec 26, 2024 · On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that raced towards shorelines around the Indian Ocean. Twenty years later, Jason and Nicola have been reflecting on that...
Boxing Day tsunami | World News | Jamaica Gleaner
3 days ago · On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the deadliest tsunami in human history.
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.
'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Dec 26, 2024 · The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Two decades on, eyewitnesses share their story of survival. ... A look back on News Shopper’s strangest ...
Boxing Day tsunami: 'It was an overwhelming loss' - BBC
After being a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding in Phi Phi in Thailand on 11 December 2004, the 25-year-old had stayed behind to start a round-the-world tour. When the Indian Ocean earthquake...
'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but one that gave her new purpose. She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the ...
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.
Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety - BBC
Dec 26, 2024 · A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago after being led to safety on the back of an elephant said it made her “grateful for everything".
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 ...
Former forensic investigator runs 1,400km to support Boxing Day tsunami ...
Dec 25, 2024 · After the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, forensic investigator Peter Baines wanted to create good from the enormity of loss. Twenty years on, he has raised $30 million for children orphaned by the disaster.