After tsunami, Islamic religious police gain power in Aceh / They tap into idea that God sent the wave as punishment By Nick Meo , Chronicle Foreign Service Dec 25, 2005 ...

Alongside the loss of lives, the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami wiped out a lengthy separatist conflict in Aceh. Ten years on, there are renewed tensions in the Indonesian province.

10 years after the Asian tsunami, ... What the Waves Did to Aceh. 9 minute read. Fishermen at work on a beach outside Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov. 17, 2014 Per Liljas.

But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted by decades of civil war – that was hardest hit, particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city ...

After surviving the 2004 tsunami in Aceh, Zahrul Fuadi was then caught up in this month's disaster in Japan, making him perhaps unique in surviving two of the biggest tsunamis in recent history.

Isolated villages on Sumatra's western coast just south of hard-hit Banda Aceh caught the full brunt of the giant tsunami and were swept away without a trace -- perhaps only 15 minutes after the ...

Waves of destruction On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.0-magnitude undersea earthquake launched the tsunami that killed an estimated 223,500 people and left 1.8 million others homeless.

A 5.2 magnitude quake shook South Aceh Friday evening with no tsunami threat. BMKG urges caution for possible aftershocks.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

The Power of the Wave In Banda Aceh, the 2004 tsunami wiped out villages and deposited a floating power plant on land.

People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural disasters.

In the tragic aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, scientists and warning centers are now better equipped to forecast and model these monstrous waves ...