Two decades after the Boxing Day tsunami, communities in Phuket gathered to honour the lives lost and reflect on the lessons ...

Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami ... an island group between Phuket and the Straits of Malacca. On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, they had gone kayaking and spent ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over ... Unlike nearby Phuket, few tourists visit and islanders live a quiet life.

With hundreds of thousands dead, a shortage of body bags and 1.7 million people displaced, the overwhelming devastation caused by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami remains forever imprinted on the minds of ...

2004 tsunami. Tourists were thronging Thailand's gorgeous southwest coast where Phuket island and the granite-studded, sandy beaches of Khao Lak became the hardest hit zones amid estuaries ...

An Irish survivor of the 2004 south-east Asian tsunami has revealed how her father — who also escaped from the disaster — ...

On December 26, 2004 ... The tsunami carried the energy equivalent of 23,000 atomic bombs. There were 170,000 people dead in Indonesia, 30,000 in Sri Lanka, 11,000 in India, 5,000 in Thailand.

(Photo: Sarot Meksophawannakul) A leader of the team that identified thousands of victims of the 2004 tsunami ... The tsunami in Thailand became distinctive because Phuket and the Andaman coast ...

Damage caused by the wave in Thailand ... of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. On December 26, 2004, the region was struck by ...

On Boxing Day in 2004, a young Australian was having ... The tourist area of Patong, Thailand, after the tsunami. Picture: Supplied ‘The sea started boiling’ As they climbed back on board ...