Indonesia got a few things right in rebuilding after the 2004 tsunami, says the country director for the United Nations Development Program.

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.

There remains a widely held view among Aceh’s deeply religious Muslim population that God sent the tsunami as a sign to end the separatist conflict.

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.

Fourteen years have passed since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit Aceh. There are five museums and monuments that honor those who died in the disaster.

Aceh, one of the areas most heavily damaged by the 2004 tsunami, has rebuilt much of its infrastructure in the past decade. Late-model vehicles, including eco-cars, frequent the roads in its ...

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 worst affected area was Aceh in Indonesia, where local authorities have since made efforts to improve disaster preparedness.

In Aceh, meanwhile, post-tsunami rebuilding continued and the province assumed something approximating normalcy for the first time in the modern era. The peace agreement led to local elections ...

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 ...

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 ...