The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean, hitting Sri Lanka ... minutes after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the ...

COLOMBO: Twenty years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, some survivors are ... affected when the tsunami on Dec 26, 2004 ravaged over two-thirds of the country ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on ... 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka — Survivors and families of victims ... cries during a prayer ceremony for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, at Pattinapakkam ...

known as Baby 81 after he was swept away by the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, stands in front of a monument built in memory of tsunami victims outside his residence in Kurukkalmadam, Sri Lanka ...

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 ... in Sri Lanka in the tsunami.

More than 35,000 were killed in Sri Lanka, with 16,389 killed in India ... can never be completely prevented. Citation: 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years on (2024, December 26 ...

December 26 marked 20 years since a massive tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving death and destruction in its wake on a vast scale in country after country. Officially, an estimated ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian ... Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other nations around the Indian Ocean basin.