Twenty years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami left over 220,000 people dead, residents of Aceh, Indonesia, say the country's disaster preparedness has made strides, but still has a ...

Former rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ago ...

Those memories have been revived for the 64-year-old after cyclone-induced floods and landslides bore down on three provinces on Sumatra island. More than 800 people have died in Indonesia as a result ...

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, ...

KUALA LUMPUR - The first inkling that things were really bad in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, was there was no news from Banda Aceh. The second was the priority request for body bags. It was Dec 28, 2004, ...

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 ...

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades ...