Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean ... to just minutes after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the disaster's ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed ... was one of them. The wave ripped him from his mother ...

THE Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, one of the deadliest events in recorded history, was an enigma to many survivors.

“Everybody was very intrigued by it, and we all stood at the seaside to look at it again,” he said, recalling the fateful day of the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. When another large wave ...

It was the story of the “Laboon” – the seven-layered wave – that saved the sea nomads of Tap Tawan in Thailand’s Phang Nga province when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck two decades ago ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ... on Dec ...

The seabed being ripped open pushed waves at double the speed of a ... a Thai government memorial ceremony. 01:45 Min The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was triggered by one of the largest earthquakes ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be ...

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 ...

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ... on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that ...