Countries across Asia held ceremonies to remember hundreds of thousands of people killed during the massive Indian Ocean ...

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 ...

In Indonesia’s Aceh Province, more than 14,000 people were interred in one mass grave. Prabu Deepan, of Tearfund, witnessed the disaster. He is now director of the Asia region for the charity. “The ...

Thousands of mourners descended on beaches throughout Southeast Asia today to lay candles at memorial sites marking 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, one of modern ...

Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami ... coast of Indonesia, triggering one of the worst natural disasters in a century around the Indian Ocean. Describing the moment the tsunami hit ...

Generate Key Takeaways A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ... earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. It claimed the lives of 230,000 ...

MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 ... More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia, where waves were over 100ft high on landfall.

which killed 220,000 people from Indonesia to Somalia, commemorated two decades on Tearful mourners across Asia have commemorated the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit ...

A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed ... was on holiday in Phuket when a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. It ...