Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...
'I thought the world was ending during Boxing Day tsunami - I don't know how I survived'
John Metcalfe, a Liverpool man living in Thailand, survived the Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago, enduring harrowing injuries ...
Twenty years after photographing the aftermath of a tsunami, I still check for high ground at the beach
Chief Herald photographer Nick Moir flew into Banda Aceh the day after the Boxing Day tsunami. He found a city turned upside ...
Boxing Day tsunami: Forensic investigator reflects on disaster 20 years on
As a highly-skilled forensic investigation expert, Peter Baines has encountered more death than anyone could ever fathom. After the devastating Bali bombings back in 2002, he was sent over to the ...
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Tsunami 2004: what are the biggest earthquakes in history?
It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The clearing-up process in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, in 2004 The Boxing Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local time and, during the day, multiple ...
The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked ...
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The Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, twenty years on
At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of ... The death toll includes those killed as far away as Somalia, where 300 people died. In Kenya, an early tsunami ...
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How the Boxing Day tsunami changed the way we respond as we detect catastrophic weather
An aerial view of destruction of buildings on Koh Phi Phi on December 28, 2004 after the December 26, 2004 tsunami (top) and the same view on November 22, 2024. Picture: AFP World Vision Australia ...
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'Miracle boy' who clung to life during Boxing Day tsunami by living alone in swamp for 21 days
When pictures emerged of him being rescued from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, little Martunis' story touched millions. In an astonishing tale of hope, the seven-year-old lad was saved after 21 days ...
Tearful mourners mark 20th anniversary of Boxing Day tsunami
Tearful mourners across Asia have commemorated the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines ...