This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life.

The tsunami struck in the wake of a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off Sumatra island on Dec. 26, 2004. Its massive waves traveled thousands of miles, wreaking devastation and killing more than 230,000 ...

Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which ...

By AFP, Banda Aceh With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in ...

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...

Survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami and relatives of those who were killed joined memorials in Thailand today on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Footage shows families laying flowers in Phuket ...

Ani Naqvi remembers the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago not just as the day when she nearly lost her life but one that gave ...

On Dec. 26, 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across the Indian Ocean with 40-foot-high waves slamming into India, ...

On the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-Andre Franche honoured the over 2,25,000 lives lost, includi ...

On 26 December 2004, Amber Owen, 28, from Milton Keynes, was on holiday in Phuket when a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck ...