A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of ...

Nearly 200,000 people died in Aceh alone after a 9.1-magnitude quake off the northern province triggered the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004.

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...

The government of the Indonesian province of Aceh says separatist sentiment is growing as thousands of people in northern ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Asnani, ...

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 ...

Those memories have been revived for the 64-year-old after cyclone-induced floods and landslides bore down on three provinces ...

In Indonesia's Banda Aceh, a town hard-hit by Sunday's earthquake and tsunami, aid workers are beginning to arrive but many awaiting help are getting frustrated. Many are gathering in mosques, which ...

The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ROMEO GACAD The tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean - Copyright AFP ...

Tsunami-hit nations will next week commemorate the more than 220,000 people who died in the Boxing Day disaster two decades ago, when huge waves tore into coastal communities around the Indian Ocean.

Few communities are as familiar with catastrophe as the Acehnese, who endured decades of armed conflict and the 2004 tsunami, the deadliest natural disaster of the modern era.