Commemorating 20 years since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the deadliest in history, and its enduring legacy.

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

The tsunami science world was small and mostly under the radar of mainstream media. There was plenty of interesting work ...

The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared. Researchers say this was partly due to folklore passed down through the ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook the seafloor off Indonesia, sending a 100-foot wall of water to ...

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...

We miss them and we still don't know where they are,' said an Indonesian man who lost two of his children in the disaster ...

One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh ...

Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the ...