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American survivors recall the harrowing moments of the century's deadliest tsunami
Dipak Jain, an adviser to Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s prime minister at the time, had arrived in Phuket the night ... in upstate New York, said after the tsunami she focused less on personal ...
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Phuket's Sustainable Tourism Goal Challenged by Mounting Garbage Crisis - TaiwanPlus News
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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Pulverized By Asia's Tsunami
Tourists were thronging Thailand's gorgeous southwest coast where Phuket island and the granite ... Within two weeks after the tsunami, government-run TV repeatedly broadcast bikini-clad ...
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20 Years Ago a Tsunami Killed 230,000 People. We Can Do Better Now.
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 ...
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Irish father who survived Thai tsunami died years later after fall in Lanzarote
An Irish survivor of the 2004 south-east Asian tsunami has revealed how her father — who also escaped from the disaster — ...
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Survivor of Boxing Day tsunami recounts horror on 20th anniversary of disaster
As she touched down in Phuket on Christmas Eve back in 2004 ... The tourist area of Patong, Thailand, after the tsunami. Picture: Supplied ‘The sea started boiling’ As they climbed back ...
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Tsunami remembered by survivors and victim's family
Richard de Gottal moved to Thailand for 10 years following the tsunami The amateur ... In 2011, he moved to Phuket to work as a teacher but returned after a decade to look after his elderly ...
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Return nameless victims to heal tsunami wounds
Relatives of tsunami victims claim the bodies of their loved ones after they were identified ... The tsunami in Thailand became distinctive because Phuket and the Andaman coast were tourist ...
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Mourners place candles on the beach at Boxing Day tsunami memorial 20 years after deadly giant wave swept Indian Ocean and killed 230,000
At one particularly large site in Thailand's southern fishing town of Ban Nam Khem, a large illuminated sign read '20 Tsunami' was surrounded by flickering flames after huge numbers of people ...
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Indian Ocean Christmas: 20 years after tsunami’s wrath
Khao Lak, Thailand, Dec 25 (EFE).- Two decades after the devastating 2004 tsunami, thousands of tourists ... losses across Asia and Africa. Nearby, Phuket Island features other commemorative ...
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Tsunami remembered by survivors and victim's family
"You're not expecting a tsunami, are you?" But after he returned to the UK, Thailand, where 8,000 lost their lives, was still on his mind. In 2011, he moved to Phuket to work as a teacher but ...