A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by “screaming and shouting” – two decades on ...
Recommended Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami The deadly tsunami hit Thailand 20 years ago – trauma will never go away Sri Lanka rescues 102 ‘Rohingya ...
It was like any other day for Sri Lankan ... While excited to encounter Sri Lanka’s incredible wildlife, the framing of the tsunami and the recollections of what happened in 2004 were deeply ...
The tsunami of December 2004 devastated over two-thirds of Sri Lanka’s coastline. Over 50,000 lives were lost and more than 100,000 households were displaced.
The Boxing Day tsunami ... Babu AH/CN) The tsunami carried the energy equivalent of 23,000 atomic bombs. There were 170,000 people dead in Indonesia, 30,000 in Sri Lanka, 11,000 in India, 5,000 ...
A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by ... Daniel Poole, from Perranporth in ...
A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life.
Twenty years on from the Boxing Day tsunami, a Red Cross director has remembered how the disaster sent shockwaves across Sri Lanka ... unfolded on December 26 2004 shaped his career and triggered ...
MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 ... Parts of India, Sri Lanka and Thailand were also devastated and more than 1.7million ...
Twenty years after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami ... Picture: Getty Images A tsunami hazard zone warning sign on Koh Phayam island in southern Thailand. Picture: AFP In Sri Lanka, where more than ...
A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled ... Daniel Poole was on a surfing trip in Sri Lanka when he and his partner were washed away by the tsunami. (ShelterBox) Mr Poole said ...