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 under the sea in northern Indonesia. It claimed the lives of 230,000 people, but she taken to safety by elephant, Ningnong who she was riding at the time the first wave hit.
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 the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day.
'I thought the world was ending during Boxing Day tsunami - I don't know how I survived'
John Metcalfe, a Liverpool man living in Thailand, survived the Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago, enduring harrowing injuries and a fight for life against overwhelming odds with the help of his dad
Man who survived tragic Boxing Day tsunami shares haunting two words he heard moments before
Luke Simon, who survived the devastated 2004 Boxing Day tsunami which killed his brother, has shared the haunting two words he heard moments before.
'Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years ago today saw me lose my two sons and fiancé in an instant'
Sharon Howard has returned to Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of losing her six-year-old son Taylor, his eight-year-old brother Mason and fiancé, David Page, 44
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 has raised $30 million for children orphaned by the disaster.
‘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 Day of 2004. The effects of the 9.3 Richter scale earthquake did not relent until eight hours later, when unaware swimmers off the coast of South Africa felt the force of the waves.
Remembering the Boxing Day tsunami
This Boxing Day marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disaste
Families of Boxing Day tsunami victims weep as they mark 20th anniversary of one of the world’s worst natural disasters
MOURNERS wept today as they marked the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000. They gathered along shores to honour those who died when huge waves triggered by a
American survivors recall the harrowing moments of the century's deadliest tsunami
I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize "there’s more to this world, and it’s about love.”
Survivors Mark 20 Years Since World's Deadliest Tsunami with Ceremonies at Places Devastated by the 2004 Tragedy
At one in Ulee Lheue village, where 14,000 unidentified victims are buried, families of those killed by the tsunami wept and placed flowers. There were similar memorial ceremonies in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing town in Thailand that was among those most devastated by the tsunami in the country,
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 ...
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 ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 across a dozen countries
Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the ...
Mourners in Thailand mark the 20th anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami
Mourners gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem on Thursday, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province in ...