She was on a diving holiday with her partner in the Sri Lankan coastal town of Hikkaduwa on Boxing Day 2004 when the country ...
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...
Daniel Poole was travelling in Sri Lanka when he was hit by the tsunami, whilst Rachel Harvey witnessed the devastation in ...
A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by “screaming and shouting”, two decades on.
The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of millions. Twenty years on, the survivors share their incredible stories.
The northern side of Sumatra bore the brunt of the disaster with more than half of the total death toll reported.
A woman who was on her honeymoon in Thailand when the catastrophic Boxing Day tsunami struck in 2004 has opened up about how it changed her life. Lou Harrand, 51, was marking the beginning of a ...
Authorities believe the nation is now "much better prepared" to deal with a tsunami than it was two decades ago, but ...
An aerial view of destruction of buildings on Koh Phi Phi on December 28, 2004 after the December 26, 2004 tsunami (top) and the same view on November 22, 2024. Picture: AFP World Vision Australia ...
The Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh houses photos of the aftermath and vehicle debris, serving as a constant reminder of what was lost that day. Local authorities have also turned a former ...