Triggered by a massive deep-sea earthquake 80 miles off the coast of Banda Aceh, the wall of water hit at 8 a.m. on Dec. 26, 2004, leaving death and wreckage in its wake.

Nowhere was the devastation from the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster worse than in Aceh. In its recovery, the Indonesian province has turned to religion and strict Shariah law.

Indonesia got a few things right in rebuilding after the 2004 tsunami, says the country director for the United Nations Development Program. ... What Aceh Got Right Rebuilding From the 2004 Tsunami.

How the 2004 tsunami changed Indonesia’s Aceh. 19-Dec-2024, 12:24. ... ‘It was like a world war happened,’ former GAM fighter Afrizal says of the December 2004 tsunami.

2004 tsunami: How Aceh recovered and Sri Lanka declined. The outcome in Aceh is seen as a model for using democracy to achieve peace. Last updated: September 15, 2018 | 23:30.

The tsunami which struck 13 countries on 26 December 2004 was one of the worst natural disasters in living memory. But what a difference five years can make. During morning rush hour on Banda Aceh's ...

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 international aid agencies' report said many people, particularly women, had been inadequately housed after the December 2004 tsunami. But Kunturo Mangkusubroto told the BBC he lived in Aceh and ...

Survivors of 2004 tsunami in Indonesia’s Aceh province relish a second ... about 220,000 people were killed in countries around the Indian Ocean when the quake and tsunami hit on December 26, 2004.

Nearly obliterated by Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami, Banda Aceh continues to rebuild 10 years later.

The strong 6.1-magnitude quake left hundreds more injured as it rocked a region that was devastated by the quake-triggered tsunami of 2004. The earthquake reduced houses in parts of Aceh to rubble ...