Relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hold a candlelight vigil as they recognize the 20th anniversary of the natural disaster, at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa ...

The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ...

NAGAPATTINAM, India (AP) — He was a young boy playing cricket with friends on a beach around 9:30 in the morning when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake violently shook the earth, and a tsunami struck from ...

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event.

A frame of a homemade video shows tourists caught by the first of six tsunami rolling towards Hat Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi in southern Thailand, following a 9.2-Richter submarine earthquake on ...

That’s how Vasily Titov, a scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Tsunami Research described the aftermath of the largest tsunami on record, triggered by a 9.1 ...

KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited with his parents following an emotional court battle, the boy once known ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor just ...

Deacon Ned Berghausen, foreground right, is pictured helping carry a tsunami survivor to safety after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck Thailand. He was 24 years old at the time and The deacon, ...

Survivors and victims' relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries. A 9 ...