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 giant waves that engulfed the impoverished province on the northern tip of Sumatra island on December 26, 2004, killing tens ... was born because of the tsunami. At the time, foreign countries ...
“I cannot swim. I could only rely on dhikr (Islamic prayer).” On Dec. 26, 2004, a powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sumatra, triggering a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people as it tore along the coasts of Sri Lanka, India ...
It is one of several prayer sites across western Indonesia -- including a grand mosque and other mass graves -- holding ceremonies that drew thousands of mourners who remember the December 26, 2004, ...
The 2004 tsunami, triggered by a 9.1-magnitude undersea ... with billions of dollars in aid flowing into Indonesia for relief and reconstruction. Zahrol said the commemoration reinforced the ...
On December 26, 2004, a magnitude-9. ... west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was devastated — it suffered the first hit from the world's deadliest tsunami. Aceh's coastal waters are ...
(Photo: AFP/ Chaideer Mahyuddin) People pray at a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Dec 26, 2024. (Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah) The victims included ...
2004, tsunami. The tsunami -- generated by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra -- carried in its path a wall of debris including boats, cars, and bodies.