On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...

Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life ...

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her ...

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.

Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh proved to be a blessing in disguise by paving the way for the immediate resolution ...

People started gathering in prayer on Thursday, visiting the mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since ...

The earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.

Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

The tsunami waves it triggered spread across the ... particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city, destroying more than 60% of its buildings and killing ...