The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family’s house on the Andaman Sea coast of ...

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

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

The Asian tsunami that crashed into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, is this century’s deadliest ...

One of modern history's worst natural disasters, the tsunami left about 230,000 dead across a dozen countries.

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that impacted ...

Relatives of tsunami victims claim the bodies of their loved ... the huge detective saga in Thailand that gave names back to thousands of victims of the 2004 tsunami is being told for the first ...

open image in gallery India women offer tributes in memory of the victims of the 2004 ... tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies ...

Indian Ocean tsunami commemorated its 20th anniversary. Countries such as India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka held ...

“But the presence of 3,500 decomposing bodies in the grounds of ... Peter Baines, left, pictured in 2004 in Thailand in the days following the tsunami. Picture: Supplied While this process ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP ... seared in Neungduangjai Sritrakarn's memory: Dec. 26, 2004, the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck across South and Southeast Asia, after a 9.1 magnitude ...

On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake -- one of the strongest tremors ever recorded -- unleashed a devastating tsunami that ravaged coastal communities in Thailand, Indonesia ...