Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
On 26 December 2004, Amber Owen, 28, from Milton Keynes, was on holiday in Phuket when a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck ...
Man who lost brother in tragic Boxing Day tsunami that killed 227,000 people speaks out on escaping horrific disaster
Luke Simon lost his brother, Piers, in the tsunami disaster in Thailand and has since spoken out on the anniversary of the ...
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'I thought the world was ending during Boxing Day tsunami - I don't know how I survived'
A British man has recalled fears the world was ending as the Boxing Day tsunami devastated his home in Thailand 20 years ago. John Metcalfe had only been living there for two-and- ...
Former forensic investigator runs 1,400km to support Boxing Day tsunami victims
Boxing Day tsunami, forensic investigator Peter Baines wanted to create good from the enormity of loss. Twenty years on, he ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami with sombre ceremonies
In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...
'I saw everything was destroyed': Memories still incredibly raw 20 years after Boxing Day tsunami
Khao Lak was the worst-hit area in Thailand. Many of the dead were tourists enjoying a pristine stretch of beach with azure ...
It was just death and devastation absolutely everywhere after 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, say Australian forensic experts
When the destruction of the Boxing Day tsunami swept across 14 countries killing more than 227,000 people, it prompted an ...
‘There was nothing but death and debris’ – The Boxing Day tsunami 20 years on
20 years later, one of the Matara train’s carriages sits outside the city’s Tsunami Museum as a haunting reminder of Boxing ...
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand: The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami 20 years on
The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of ...
Frenchwoman’s 20 years of helping Thai school after daughter died in Boxing Day tsunami
Elisabeth Zana thought her life was over after her daughter died in the 2004 tsunami. Instead she began helping a Thai school ...
Remembering the Boxing Day tsunami
This Boxing Day marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disaste ...
20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived - Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal ...