It was Thailand’s first great tsunami so, there were no systems in place. Today, tsunami warning towers with huge sirens allow hotels and resorts 1 hour to evacuate by bus to higher ground. They ...

We traveled to Khao Lak to see the lasting impact of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The scars remain, but so does the strength of the community. I'm a heart surgeon and heart attack survivor. Never ...

As the sun crested the horizon early on Boxing Day 2004, no-one on Thailand's west coast expected their life would be engulfed by chaos only a few hours later. At 7:59am local time, a magnitude-9. ...

Thailand urged the public to “stay aware, not scared” after a spate of offshore earthquakes sent social media into tsunami ...

Boxing Day tsunami horror: ‘I climbed onto a roof but my brother was swept away – I found him in morgue 5 days later’ Alison Maloney Published : 20:00, 23 Aug 2021 ...

Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami with sombre ceremonies. One of modern history’s worst natural disasters killed over 228,000 people in 2004 ...

People flee as a tsunami wave comes crashing ashore at Koh Raya, part of Thailand’s territory in the Andaman islands Credit: AFP 23 Holiday houses on the Thai island of Phi Phi were destroyed by ...

The tsunami that ravaged the coasts of the Indian ocean on Boxing Day 2004 is still fresh in the minds of millions. Over 150 Britons lost their lives in the catastrophe, while some are still ...

Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 across a dozen countries . A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit ...