"It's a testament to the fortitude of the Acehnese people to see how Banda Aceh has risen from the waters." Clark goes on to cite the locals, their culture and the moving tsunami memorials as some ...

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 the region in one of modern history's worst ...

three-minute siren, grave visits and mass prayers across Aceh on Thursday marked the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit several countries, including Indonesia ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Mr Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's ...

"Let us jointly pray, remembering our brothers and sisters who became victims of the tsunami 20 years ago," said Safrizal, acting governor of Aceh. He said that the Aceh tsunami siren, which ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...

The tsunami killed an estimated 130,000 people in Aceh. The densely populated Banda Aceh was the worst-hit — with some 60,000 people dead and many more missing.

The tsunami waves it triggered spread across the ... one of the greatest natural disasters in modern history. But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted by decades of civil war ...