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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 was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...
Twenty years on from Boxing Day tsunami, survivor speaks about saving his daughters and building a life in New Zealand
Faisal Syafii lost his home, business and first wife, Siti Syamsiah, during the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago today.
The Mirror5d
'I thought the world was ending during Boxing Day tsunami - I don't know how I survived'
A British man has recalled fears the world was ending as the Boxing Day tsunami devastated his home in Thailand 20 years ago. John Metcalfe had only been living there for two-and-a-half years.
The Sun6d
Families of Boxing Day tsunami victims weep as they mark 20th anniversary of one of the world’s worst natural disasters
MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000. They gathered along shores to honour those who died when huge waves triggered by a 9.2 ...
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'Surviving the Boxing Day tsunami gave me a second chance'
Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but one that gave her new purpose. She had just turned 33 and was visiting a friend in the ...
Recounting the day the tsunami hit
It has been 20 years, but emergency first responder Ng In Heang still thinks about the little girl he tried to save in the ...
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Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
Amber Mason said once Ningnong the elephant realised there was something wrong he "started pulling away" [Amber Owen] A woman who was able to survive the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand 20 years ...