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Thousands of mourners descended on beaches throughout Southeast Asia today to lay candles at memorial sites marking 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, one of modern ...

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Luke Simon, from Somerset, was celebrating Christmas with his brother Piers and their friends in Thailand's Koh Phi Phi ...

ON Dec. 26, 2004, the world witnessed what has become known as the Boxing Day or Indian Ocean Tsunami, a natural disaster of such appalling magnitude that even now, two decades later, it boggles the ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

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 ...

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean.

Dec. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, American forces under Gen. George Washington, having crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, defeated Hessian mercenary troops fighting for ...

Through collaborations with communities, Mercy Corps is supporting locally led disaster preparedness in the wake of the 2004 ...

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 ...