Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ... result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT, a recognised global disaster database.

Three weeks after the tsunami, and 20 years ago this week, WISH-TV sent Eric Halvorson and Kevin Conners to witness for our viewers how far their donated dollars would go in such a crisis.

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude ... Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean ... the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters, according to The ...

A woman sprinkles water on a stone marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh ... infrastructure destroyed by the disaster have been reconstructed.

Hari Krishna Nibanupudi is a trained Communicator who works in Sustainable Development, Climate Change, International Humanitarian Affairs, International Relations, entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ... warning system in the Indian Ocean in 2004 but today a sophisticated ...

20 years on from the Boxing Day tsunami, The Impossible Show: Tsunami Relief Concert tells the extraordinary ...

The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ...

December 26, 2004 [AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe] The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest disasters of the past 100 years. The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died.