The tsunami was triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra ... nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day. Mourners shed tears and comforted each other ...

Recommended Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami The deadly tsunami hit Thailand 20 years ago – trauma will never go away Sri Lanka rescues 102 ‘Rohingya ...

Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern ...

Thousands of mourners descended on beaches throughout Southeast Asia today to lay candles at memorial sites marking 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, one of modern ...

The city of Banda Aceh in Sumatra, western Indonesia ... s carriages sits outside the city’s Tsunami Museum as a haunting reminder of Boxing Day of 2004. The effects of the 9.3 Richter scale ...

Twenty years after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami caused unimaginable devastation ... leaving an estimated 220,000 dead. Indonesia suffered the highest death toll, with more than 160,000 people ...

“I thought it was doomsday,” said Hasnawati, a 54-year-old teacher who goes by one name, at the Indonesian mosque, which was damaged by the tsunami. “On a Sunday morning where our family ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia ... tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day.