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A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...
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Survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami described how they were “fighting for our lives” on the day, ahead of the release of a new documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the ...
The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia which registered a magnitude of up to 9.3. More than 220,000 people were killed across 14 countries.
Indonesia was the first country to be seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004, swamping the northern and western coastal areas of Sumatra, and the smaller outlying islands off Sumatra.
In December 2004, Nate Berkus traveled ... Asia on Dec. 26 after a 9.1. magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Indonesia. Berkus survived. ... Berkus's account of the 2004 tsunami and ...
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