Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ethnic Rohingya refugees who recently landed on two boats write ...

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

Aceh on the northern tip of ... well drilled in how to respond. The terrible impact of any tsunami will be magnified by the fact that the Indian Ocean coastlines now have greater populations ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed ... Outside her home in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, neighborhood ...

A Muslim woman pours water while visiting Ulee Lheue mass grave, where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are buried, during the 20th anniversary in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia, December 26, ...

The tsunami displaced more than 1.5 million people, and more than 100,000 houses were destroyed in Aceh ... in the Indian Ocean before the 2004 tsunami had made the disaster's impact worse.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one ...

Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 countries. Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...

On December 26, 2004, the Indian Ocean experienced one of the deadliest ... the remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands bore the brunt of the tsunami’s initial impact. Entire villages were submerged ...