Survivors in Indonesia grapple with trauma as they rebuild their lives 20 years after devastating tsunami
The story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The homes in a neighborhood near Lampuuk Beach, outside the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, were all built by a Turkish aid group, with a crescent moon and star symbol above each porch. These houses are among ...
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
The powerful 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people across a dozen countries.
Indonesia marks 20 years since deadly Indian Ocean tsunami
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — 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 natural disasters. Many wept as ...
Indonesia marks 20th anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami that left 230,000 dead
People visit areas of mass graves in Banda Aceh, offer prayers for victims of deadly disaster that struck 20 years ago - Anadolu Ajansı
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,
20 years after Indian Ocean tsunami, some displaced Sri Lankan survivors are still waiting for housing
More than 100,000 homes were destroyed and half a million people were displaced when the tsunami ravaged over two-thirds of the country’s coastline.
After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on
On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation stays vigilant for future disasters
Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...
Aceh hopeful as Indonesia beefs up warning system 20 years after tsunami
Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life ...
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Aceh marches on with lingering grief 20 years after tsunami
Mourners flocked to several mass grave sites in Banda Aceh and neighboring Aceh Besar regency starting on Thursday morning.
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Indonesia remembers tsunami victims on 20th anniversary of disaster
Twenty years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that claimed over 230,000 lives across the Indian Ocean region, ...
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Catholics hold muted Christmas mass in Indonesia's Sharia stronghold
With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh ...
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 ...
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Muted Christmas mass in Indonesia's Sharia stronghold
With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's ...
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7 Surprising Facts about the Nuclear Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll: Of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Weather Warfare
There is a long history of research experiments to generate earthquakes, tsunamis and climate disasters. As Partick J. Kiger wrote Between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 23 nuclear weapons ...