Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old tsunami survivor, operates a coffee machine at the cafe she runs in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Qurrata Ayuni ...

People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo ...

The people of Aceh moved past the tsunami trauma by believing their deceased family members were martyrs who deserved a place in heaven, while those who survived were given an opportunity by God ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

The sentence stems from the results of Operasi Sepadu Trick 2, coordinated by the Royal Brunei Police Force in the Belait District. In a related enforcement operation, the Immigration and National ...

Officials said there are no tsunami threats to the state. However, residents who live near the area may feel aftershocks.

Aceh, situated on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, enjoys special autonomy allowing it to implement Sharia law. This arrangement is part of a peace agreement that ended a decades-long rebellion ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

On December 26, 2004, the Nicobarese faced an unprecedented catastrophe as the Indian Ocean tsunami, triggered by the massive 9.1-9.3 Mw Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, ravaged their islands. The rupture ...

The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that devastated Aceh in 2004 was a turning point in Indonesia’s disaster mitigation. The earthquake, with more than 9.0 magnitude that triggered a 20-meter ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 28, 1908, a major earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated the Italian cities of Messina and Reggio Calabria, ...

The date of birth is December 29, 2004. Glory turned 20 on Sunday. It was on December 26, 2004, that her parents, B Balram and B Laxmi, watched the tsunami wreck their home and village in Hut Bay ...