"The wave came in and just took her, it just took her away." On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that raced towards shorelines around the Indian Ocean. Twenty years ...

But where La Palma gave us a fictional take on tsunami terror, this was the real deal. Tsunami: The Wave that Shook the World focussed in on seven stories from around the world, the memories and ...

Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 ... of the Indonesian island of Sumatra set off a mammoth wave that was recorded as high as 16 stories, and in some places ...

One tsunami wave measuring about 8 inches reached some coasts and ports at about 10 p.m., authorities said. They warned residents to continue staying away from the coast and other waterways.

An initial tsunami wave approximately 1 meter (3.2 feet) high made landfall within 30 minutes of the earthquake, the Associated Press reported, citing Japanese public broadcaster NHK TV.

The pristine Balinese beaches of the tropical paradise on Australia's doorstep have been swamped by the worst tidal wave of trash the island has ever seen. An epidemic of tourism overdevelopment ...

But Maul warned for years that a similar event today could create an extremely powerful five-foot-or-higher tsunami wave slamming into Brevard and elsewhere along the Atlantic Coast. For more than ...