The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that impacted a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa.

Even though 20 years have passed, survivors in Indonesia are still grieving loved ones they lost to the giant wave that flattened buildings all the way to provincial capital of Banda Aceh

Around 700 million people around the world live in areas vulnerable to ocean hazards. That number is expected to reach one billion by 2050. While around 80 per cent of tsunamis are generated by earthquakes, they can also be triggered by underwater landslides and volcanoes.

On December 26, 2004, a massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that killed about 230,000 people across a dozen countries

Tearful mourners gathered Thursday across Asia to commemorate the more than 220,000 lives lost in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The disaster devastated coastlines from Indonesia to Somalia and left…

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters. Many openly wept at the mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified and […]

People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.