A two minutes’ silence will be observed island-wide today (26 December) on National Safety Day from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in ...

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit a dozen of countries, killing an estimated 230,000 people. One of them was Piers Simon, who was holidaying in Thailand with ...

The last I saw of that room was the roof dropping down on us before we were washed out through the rear wall of the building' ...

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

Elisabeth Zana thought her life was over after her daughter died in the 2004 tsunami. Instead she began helping a Thai school ...

From the ashes of the devastation wrought by the 2004 Boxing Day Asian tsunami, emerges a precious chance for peace, change ...

The devastating Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 swallowed entire communities. Twenty years on, survivors share how the enduring ...

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

Tearful mourners across Asia have commemorated the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines ...

Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which ...

Australian Federal Police (AFP) members have gathered this week to honor the victims and families affected by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, which struck 20 years ago on December 26. To mark the ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...