BANDA ACEH, Indonesia Dec. 26, 2024 3:21 p.m. A relative of a victim of a 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami participates in its 20th anniversary at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa district ...

At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean that would go ... largely in the ...

The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history, killing 230,000 people across a dozen countries. Indonesia's Aceh province bore the brunt of the ...

Twenty years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left over 220,000 people dead, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, say the country's disaster preparedness has made strides, but still has ...

The resulting tsunami ... Indian Ocean including Thailand and Sri Lanka and reached as far as Africa, killing an estimated 220,000-plus people, including about 40 Japanese. The province of Aceh ...

The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastated ... nature's awful purpose,” as supposedly revealed in the tsunami disaster, North noted: The impact of the tsunami exposes in an especially ...

Show more In 2004 a massive earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a ... Syiah Kuala university in Banda Aceh. She talks about the impact of the war, and tsunami, on the mental health of ...

“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean ... word ‘tsunami’ before, and I had no idea what was ...

Thailand and nine other nations around the Indian Ocean basin. Here is a look back at the impact of the deadliest tsunami in history. - Faultline rupture - The tsunami was triggered by the longest ...

Ben Dinsdale, who was part of the ACS effort 20 years ago, and is now ACS’s Director of Government and Humanitarian Services, said: “We’re extremely proud of being able to respond to humanitarian ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western tip on December 26, 2004, generated a series of waves as high as 30 metres (98 feet) that pummelled the coastline of 14 countries from Indonesia ...