It’s been 20 years since the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed tens of thousands of lives. The ABC has returned to some of the hardest-hit areas for a documentary on their ...

Two decades after the Boxing Day tsunami, communities in Phuket gathered to honour the lives lost and reflect on the lessons ...

When the destruction of the Boxing Day tsunami swept across 14 countries killing more than 227,000 people, it prompted an ...

The tsunami, which was triggered by a powerful ... an island group between Phuket and the Straits of Malacca. On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, they had gone kayaking and spent some time at the ...

Phuket in Thailand draws over 10 million visitors a year to its tropical beaches. But as the island seeks to become Thailand's first sustainable tourism destination, two decades after it was ravaged ...

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Few in Ban Nam Khem, some 70 miles from the tourist hotspot Phuket, knew what a tsunami was and with no early warning systems in place, the village was caught entirely off guard. “When the water ...

With hundreds of thousands dead, a shortage of body bags and 1.7 million people displaced, the overwhelming devastation caused by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami remains forever imprinted on the minds of ...

India failed to warn people on its eastern coast even after the tsunami wreaked havoc in the Andaman Islands, hours before striking the mainland. In Phuket, Thailand, tourists who were mesmerized ...

An Irish survivor of the 2004 south-east Asian tsunami has revealed how her father — who also escaped from the disaster — ...

As she touched down in Phuket on Christmas Eve back in 2004 ... Khao Lak beach the day before the tsunami. Picture: Supplied “It was the day after Christmas and we were excited to go scuba ...

That's what one couple said to their children as they saw the tsunami coming. A flooded hotel basement in Phuket.(AFP: Roslan Rahman) The family was out for a dive in beautiful Phuket when their ...