BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims cried and prayed as they gathered along Indian Ocean shorelines on Friday for memorials to mark ...

Tourists visit the memorial monument to commemorate the victims of the 2004 tsunami, in Peraliya on December 25, 2024 - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD Tourists visit the ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive earthquake in the ocean east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered waves that killed 230,000 people in 11... It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the surrounding land. Waves towering as tall as 30m were unleashed, impacting ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) -- The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand when her mom, sensing something ...

Dessy Sagita with Sally Jensen in Ban Nam Khem Dec 26, 2024 Dec 26, 2024 Updated Dec 27, 2024 Tearful mourners prayed and lit candles Thursday at ceremonies across Asia to remember the 220,000 people ...

The most dangerous thing that can happen in the eerie vacuum between an earthquake and a tsunami is nothing. Once a tsunami warning is issued, the size of the wave and the number of minutes before it ...

In December 2004, Nate Berkus traveled to Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka with his then-boyfriend, photographer Fernando Bengoechea, for a vacation. Ten days later, Berkus returned home to Chicago alone. The ...