Within 20 minutes, waves of water began to hit the coasts of surrounding islands. In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet and caused floods for three miles. Following ...

Thai survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, reflect on loss and recovery. Over 220,000 people were killed in over a ...

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 ...

The 2004 tsunami killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures, with 3,000 missing. Now the country's two DART buoys are linked by satellite to a nationwide network of ...

Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, killing nearly 300,000 people. The earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami took place on December 26, 2004, but the extent of the event and the scale of the ...

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 ...

A local Thai tsunami survivor returns to Khao Lak ... Tourists trying to escape the tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. Picture: AFP / STR The devastation was unimaginable. Picture: John Russell ...

The 2004 tsunami killed more than 5,000 people in Thailand, according to official figures, with 3,000 missing. Now the country’s two Dart buoys are linked by satellite to a nationwide network of ...

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman student ... The day is forever seared in Neungduangjai Sritrakarn's memory: Dec. 26, 2004, the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck across ...