The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

Relatives of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hold a candlelight vigil as they recognize the 20th anniversary of the natural disaster, at Tsunami Memorial Park at Ban Nam Khem, Takuapa ...

The quick thinking of a 10-year-old English girl, Tilly Smith, is credited with helping to save some 100 lives just before the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 struck the island of Phuket in Thailand. The ...

The model speaks about her work helping others after natural disasters. Dec. 16, 2009— -- Nearly five years ago Petra Nemcova was swept from her hotel room when a tsunami struck Thailand. Now the ...

A frame of a homemade video shows tourists caught by the first of six tsunami rolling towards Hat Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi in southern Thailand, following a 9.2-Richter submarine earthquake on ...

"I could not ignore them," Thuleewan “Kimmy” Boonyarattana tells PEOPLE in this week's issue National Geographic/Charlie Laing/Alec Davy Thuleewan “Kimmy” Boonyarattana escaped the devastating 2004 ...

It's been two decades since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the deadly disaster has had a lasting influence on disaster awareness. The December 26, 2004, tsunami was caused by a 9.1 magnitude ...

"It's hard [for the younger generation] to understand that it wasn't so easy," she tells PEOPLE in this week's issue In the aftermath of the tragedy, Modin says she was wrapped with wire around her ...

The Ditwah Cyclone ranks second only to the December 2004 Tsunami in terms of damage to housing in Sri Lanka’s recent history ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Ten years after a giant wave flattened large parts of coastal Aceh, killing nearly 170,000 people, the province in north Sumatra continues to struggle with high rates of poverty, ...

Twenty-one years after the 2004 tsunami almost wiped out Ban Nam Khem, the small fishing village is coping with changing geological, demographic and employment woes while struggling to keep its way of ...

âÄúTen, nine, eight, seven âĦâÄù Nawanan stopped his work and shouted along. âÄúSix, five, four, three âĦâÄù EveryoneâÄôs eyes were glued to the clock, it wouldnâÄôt be long now. âÄúTwo, one, Happy ...