PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with ...

ANDAMAN SEA, Thailand - Almost 1,000km off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves – a key link in a warning system intended to ...

Twenty years ago, Petra Nemcova was waking up the morning after Christmas and preparing to leave her vacation in Thailand when disaster struck. In 2004, Nemcova was 25 years old and vacationing ...

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 of modern history's worst ...

‘Tsunami buoy Thai 23461’ was released from on board the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC) ship in the Andaman Sea on Nov 27. (AFP pic) Almost 1,000 kilometres off the ...

People gathered at mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand and other places along the Indian Ocean Luke Chinman is an editorial intern at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in 2024. His work has previously ...

They are the places that time forgot. As vigils are held to commemorate 20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami, reminders of that horrific day are still visible. See the incredible photos.

An Irish survivor of the 2004 south-east Asian tsunami has revealed how her father — who also escaped from the disaster — later died when he fell on a sun holiday in Lanzarote.

Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean in one ...

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BANGKOK - Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves -- a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.