On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
The brunt of the tsunami was felt in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where 170,000 people perished. Sri Lanka, India and ...
Under the shade of trees at a mass grave in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, ...
People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive ...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered ... leaving a deep scar in the nation’s history. Nearly 400 bodies remain unclaimed.
Djafaruddin says he has recovered from the trauma of collecting bodies when the world's deadliest tsunami devastated ... The resident of worst-hit city Banda Aceh jumped in his black pickup ...
The tsunami waves ... 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 ...
Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and ...
Djafaruddin says he has recovered from the trauma of collecting bodies when the world's deadliest tsunami devastated ...
Banda Aceh (Indonesia ... in Indonesia's Aceh province, survivors and mourners recited Islamic prayers, commemorating the deaths of tens of thousands killed when a tsunami decimated the area ...