Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami with sombre ceremonies
In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed the ...
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20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
Over 250 tourists, locals and guides around Yala National Park lost their lives in the Boxing Day tsunami, including many ...
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Boxing Day tsunami a reminder we are all in harm’s way
Just as Australians had come running to the aid of victims 30 years earlier in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy, the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, brought out the best in the world; when confronted with ...
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'Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago today saw me lose my two sons and fiancé in an instant'
A woman who got engaged on Christmas Day in 2004, saw her world fall apart less than 24 hours later as her new fiance and two young sons were swept away in the Boxing Day Tsunami. Twenty years on ...
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Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed, aged eight, because of an ...
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'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Ani Naqvi (left) was visiting the coastal town of Arugam Bay when the tsunami struck Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but ...
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Boxing day tsunami survivors and relatives of victims join 20 year memorial
Survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami and relatives of those who were killed joined memorials in Thailand today on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Footage shows families laying flowers in Phuket ...
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Families of Boxing Day tsunami victims weep as they mark 20th anniversary of one of the world’s worst natural disasters
MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000. They gathered along shores to honour those who died when huge waves triggered by a 9.2 ...
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Survivor of Boxing Day tsunami recounts horror on 20th anniversary of disaster
Tourists trying to escape the tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Picture: AFP / STR The devastation was unimaginable. Picture: John Russell ‘You choose how to live’ It took a good six months for ...
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Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ago unharmed, aged eight, because of an elephant said "it makes you grateful for everything that's happened to you".
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'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 ...