The worst affected area was ... Warning systems - The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean basin. At the time of the earthquake ...

The Prime Minister was among those paying tribute, saying his thoughts are with the “millions of people who were affected”. Today marks twenty years since the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami ...

Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries ... marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Thursday.

At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean that would ... Societies of the ...

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

MORE The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami was a watershed moment in disaster ... India’s transition from crisis to leadership India, one of the worst-affected countries, had huge hurdles following ...

“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck ... Indonesia was ...

Today marks two decades since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed around 230,000 ... event in Khao Lak — one of the worst-affected areas in southern Thailand. Meanwhile, in Indonesia ...

Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries ... Relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hold a candle light vigil as they participate on ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit ... in the four worst-affected countries ...