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 ...

Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge. By Katrina Miller The Indian Ocean tsunami ...

A total of 226,408 people died as a result of the tsunami, according to EM-DAT ... the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the disaster's impact worse.

The death toll for Indonesia’s Aceh province ... This boat came to rest on top of houses in the 2004 tsunami at Banda Aceh. It has been left there as a monument.Credit: Fairfax Media So when ...

A father who saved his family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has recalled how he "missed death five times on that day". Duncan Ridgley, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, had emigrated ...

A man caught up in a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has recalled the final moments before his older brother was swept away by the water. Luke Simon, from Somerset, was celebrating Christmas with his ...

December 26, 2004 [AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe] The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the greatest disasters of the past 100 years. The worst hit was Indonesia where more than 165,000 people died.

Ducan Rigley said after the tsunami he did not want to return to Sri Lanka [Duncan Ridgley] A father who saved his family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has recalled how he "missed death ...