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Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean, hitting Sri Lanka, India and Thailand hours later. At their fastest the waves travelled at over 800 kilometres an hour (500 mph), more than twice ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.

According to Nasa data, the ocean has absorbed 360zJ (zettajoules) of energy since 1955 (the equivalent of 25 billion atomic bombs). The Indian Ocean has been absorbing heat trapped by greenhouse ...

KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle ...

Ardito Kodijat, Head of UNESCO’s Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre ... Doing so includes creating evacuation maps, public announcements, mobile phone alerts, national drills, exercises and more.