The huge waves travelled around the Indian Ocean ... to just minutes after a tsunami wave forms. Experts said the lack of a properly coordinated warning system in 2004 had made the disaster's ...

At 07.59am local time on Boxing Day 2004, a major earthquake off the Western Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a series of deadly tsunamis in the Indian Ocean that would go ... and coastal ...

A woman sprinkles water on a stone marking a mass grave of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ... of the devastating wave in the country. Relatives of a victim of the tsunami hug each ...

Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to ...

The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean including Thailand and Sri ... It was the unprecedented disaster of Dec. 26, 2004, that brought a peaceful end to three decades of war.

As an eight-year-old boy Pirun Kla-Talay was orphaned by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. Now he makes his living ... "As an island boy, I knew the sound of waves," he said.

The world's deadliest tsunami hit nations around the Indian Ocean two decades ago before social ... smashed into coastal areas on December 26, 2004, killing more than 220,000 people, broadcasters ...

“The devastation was unimaginable,” said Arianto Andrian, describing what he experienced in Indonesia as he recalled the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that struck the shores of ...

TSUNAMI: RACE AGAINST TIME provides a 360-degree view into the heart-stopping events of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The powerful series, from executive producers Tanya Winston and Danny Horan ...

Two major tsunami that swamped the east coast have been labelled a "missed opportunities", so what do we need to change to be prepared?

MORE The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami was a watershed moment in disaster ... the UNESCO Tsunami Ready initiative and the yearly CARIBE WAVE exercises have improved local readiness.