On Christmas 20 years ago ... December 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, also known as the Boxing Day tsunami. EFE/EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT / NARONG SANGNAK Preparedness ...
A couple have been reliving the astonishing moment they learned a palm tree planted in memory of their daughter the day before the Boxing Day Tsunami had ... period in 2004 following the murder ...
A man caught up in a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has recalled the final moments before his older brother was swept away by the water. Luke Simon, from Somerset, was celebrating Christmas with his ...
A woman who got engaged on Christmas Day in 2004, saw her world fall apart less than 24 hours later as her new fiance and two young sons were swept away in the Boxing Day Tsunami. Twenty years on ...
Ani Naqvi’s life turned upside down when the 2004 tsunami struck as she slept (Picture: Supplied) It was an unforgettable Christmas Day for Londoner Ani Naqvi in 2004. She’d gone to Sri Lanka ...
While families around the country gather for Christmas, Sharon is 6,000 miles ... cherish every second I spend with them.” THE 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami is one of the deadliest natural disasters ...
Luke Simon and his brother were celebrating Christmas with friends when the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit.
Spending a relaxing Christmas together on the beach ... Tourists trying to escape the tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Picture: AFP / STR The devastation was unimaginable. Picture: John Russell ...
On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 17.4 meters that swept over vulnerable coastal areas of ...
He had gone to bars on Christmas Day and was due to go scuba diving the following morning. Richard de Gottal moved to Thailand for 10 years following the tsunami The amateur DJ said he decided to ...
A Boxing Day tsunami survivor from Worcestershire ... coastal town of Hikkaduwa in December 2004. Ms Mills-Porter, from Cofton Hackett, only put up one Christmas decoration this year as show ...
Christmas Day had been fun and ... their experiences on Boxing Day 2004. Mr Carroll, who upon his return to Australia, was hailed as “the boy who outran a tsunami”, has gone on to prosperity ...