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The Tsunami hit Unawatuna beach just before 09:30 local time on Boxing Day 2004 [PA Media] ... In 2004, the deadliest tsunami in recorded history struck in the Indian Ocean, killing more than ...
On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
More than 225,000 people were killed in the tsunami and earthquake across 14 countries, including 30,000 in Sri Lanka alone. Ms Naqvi was eventually airlifted to Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital ...
In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, the Irish public quickly started collecting money, on the streets, in churches, schools, in shopping centres and many other initiatives such as the Work a Day for Free, where many workers throughout the country donated a days wages to the disaster relief fund. An estimated €1M was raised also by ...
Lisa May was one of 149 Brits who lost their lives in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami [The Lisa May Foundation] This Boxing Day will be quiet for John May as he looks through photographs, remembering ...