Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hold a candlelight vigil as they recognize the 20th anniversary of the ...

In the wee hours of December 26, 2004, a massive 9.2 earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean, generating an equally massive tsunami that caused unprecedented devastation to 14 countries and killed ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand, and WASHINGTON — Two decades after tens of thousands were killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami – considered the deadliest on record – Indonesia, ...

People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad ...

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. A 9 ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's ...

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in one of the worst ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — 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 ...

People took part in drills ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami - Copyright AFP CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN People took part in drills ahead of the 20 ...

Twenty years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed over 230,000 lives across the Indian Ocean region, thousands gathered in the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to ...

230,000 deaths from a single event (of any kind) is just mind boggling. It’s the kind of number I’d expect from some kind of nuclear attack on a small city. Truly heartbreaking losses touching so many ...