The 26-year-long civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE officially ended in May 2009 after claiming around 70,000 lives and displacing four times as many. Both sides committed a ...
The in-depth story of the Sri Lanka Tsunami Train Disaster 2004 (a Train Wreck Documentary). It’s a busy day at the Ambalangoda train station. The No. 50 Matara Express, meaning Queen of the Sea, has ...
Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.
On Dec. 26, 2004, the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake centered west of northern Sumatra and the ensuing tsunami killed ...
Yet to fill your snow boots or bask in some far-flung winter sun? Here are some holidays to inspire travels in the final ...
Twenty years after the Boxing Day tsunami, Sri Lanka’s coastal areas are still healing from the waves that came crashing in on December 26, 2004. While communities have been rebuilding lives and ...
Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday—marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen ...
PERALIYA, Sri Lanka — Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday, marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri ...
People fleeing from the tsunami in Thailand ... with the hardest hit locations being in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives. Thousands of overseas tourists were killed in ...
I heard screams and saw commotion. Nothing was left undamaged. This was the catastrophic tsunami that struck Sri Lanka 20 years ago. I survived, and managed to save my mother, her sister and her son.