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Looking back at the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years later
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 ...
A Giant Tortoise Lives in the 'Galápagos of the Indian Ocean'
By the time the oldest human dies, odds are there's a giant tortoise out there somewhere who'll live twice as long as they did. Hailing from the Indian Ocean and the Galapagos islands, giant tortoises ...
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The ‘sea nomads’ forced to switch life on the ocean for land
Further, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 destroyed many of the boats. Other communities known as sea nomads have also ...
Indian Ocean tsunami memorials mark 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...
Thai sea nomads survived 2004 Indian Ocean disaster. Now they buckle under a ‘new tsunami’
Tap Tawan’s seafarers face challenges from modernisation as their bond with nature fades and economic needs threaten the ...
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Somali migrant watched others die at sea, but she wants to try again
Idil Abdullahi Goley’s journey seeking a better life in Europe started in Somalia with a $6,500 payment to local smugglers.
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The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand's sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life
Further, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 destroyed many of the traditional boats. The change to dwelling on land has happened with other communities known colloquially as sea nomads in Thailand ...
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Sea nomads in Thailand who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are slowly losing their identity
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with almost ...