It was Thailand’s first great tsunami so, there were no systems in place. Today, tsunami warning towers with huge sirens allow hotels and resorts 1 hour to evacuate by bus to higher ground. They ...

We traveled to Khao Lak to see the lasting impact of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The scars remain, but so does the strength of the community. I'm a heart surgeon and heart attack survivor. Never ...

Boxing Day tsunami horror: ‘I climbed onto a roof but my brother was swept away – I found him in morgue 5 days later’ Alison Maloney Published : 20:00, 23 Aug 2021 ...

The tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day. Mourners shed tears and comforted each other as they laid ...

The tsunami, which was caused by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake, killed up to 280,000 people across six countries on December 26, 2004. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand had the highest ...

Boxing Day 2004 tsunami 20th anniversary: Emotional ceremonies mark disaster. They are the places that time forgot. ... Phuket, Thailand in the days after the tsunami compared to today.

Relatives of the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami have marked the 11th anniversary at various sites in Thailand. All over Ton Sai Bay, the heart of Koh Phi Phi shops, restaurants and ...

A British man has recalled fears the world was ending as the Boxing Day tsunami devastated his home in Thailand 20 years ago. John Metcalfe had only been living there for two-and-a-half years. The ...

Miquita Oliver has bravely relived being almost dying in the devastating Thailand Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. The Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunami lasted for seven hours and ...

Boxing Day Tsunami: A decade on in Thailand Broadcast Sat 20 Dec 2014 at 7:45am Saturday 20 Dec 2014 at 7:45am Sat 20 Dec 2014 at 7:45am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to ...

Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 across a dozen countries . A 9.1-magnitude earthquake on 26 December 2004 caused a tsunami which hit ...