Indian Ocean tsunami memorials mark 20 years since one of ... - CBS News
20 hours ago · People attend a prayer at the Siron mass grave, one of the two major mass burial sites where victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were laid to rest, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2024.
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Prayers, tears mark ... - Associated Press News
1 day ago · BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 unidentified tsunami victims are buried.
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating ... - Sky News
1 day ago · A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit a dozen countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, reaching as far as East Africa and displaced some 1 ...
Prayers, tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that ... - ABC News
1 day ago · People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters
Tears, prayers as Asia mourns tsunami dead 20 years on
1 day ago · A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's western tip on Dec 26, 2004, generated a series of waves as high as 30m that pummelled the coastline of 14 countries from Indonesia to Somalia.
Indonesians mark 20 years since tragic tsunami | AP News
6 days ago · BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — 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.. Asnani, now a school teacher, was only 17 at the time. Her father, who was a fisherman, never returned home from sea.
After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on - BBC
22 hours ago · On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest fault length of any recorded earthquake (1,500km long ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation in Indonesia stays
1 day ago · The remaining damaged parts of Rahmatullah Lampuuk Mosque, a symbol of remembrance for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, are seen in Aceh Besar, Aceh, Indonesia, Dec. 21, 2024. Photo by Willy ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation ... - Associated Press News
2 days ago · LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh’s male-dominated coffee culture, she runs a café that serves as a welcoming space for everyone, especially women, by employing and empowering ...
Aceh hopeful as Indonesia beefs up warning system 20 years after tsunami
3 days ago · Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again, his home province of...