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 ...

The 20-year-old freshman student was still asleep that Sunday morning at the family's house on the Andaman Sea coast of southern Thailand ... 26, 2004, the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami ...

Some 5,395 people were killed in Thailand, among them about 2,000 foreign tourists. "Since the 2004 tsunami, authorities have contacted between 4,000 to 5,000 relatives to come and receive bodies.

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 ...

A ceremony to commemorate victimsof 2004 earthquakes and tsunamis, the most severe in the world history, tookplace at Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park, Phang Nga province of Thailand onDecember 26.

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 ...

where bodies and debris had washed up. Mr de Gottal said: "I literally thought a bomb had gone off. "You're not expecting a tsunami, are you?" But after he returned to the UK, Thailand ...

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 ...

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 ...