He was swimming in the sea while on holiday with his family in Sri Lankan capital Colombo when he witnessed the beginnings of a tsunami that would later claim close to 230,000 lives. The first wave ...

Mourners gather as ceremonies are held across Asia to remember the thousands who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit ...

Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anita Baca, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

It has been 20 years since the deadliest tsunami ever recorded, one that devastated communities around the Indian ocean and ...

I don’t wish ever a disaster of this magnitude on anyone,” one woman said. But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize ...

Survivors and mourners gathered at mass graves in Indonesia, Thailand and other places along the Indian Ocean that were ...

Twenty years ago today, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a tsunami across the Indian Ocean region. Towering waves, some ...

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.