Indian Ocean tsunami: 10th anniversary of the deadly natural disaster
December 26 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, that left more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and caused about $10- Raudhatul Jannah, left, and Arif Pratama who are believed to be the two children of tsunami survivor Jamaliah after being separated with her when the village they lived in was hit by the killer waves in 2004, stand at a front porch of their house
- Tourists enjoy a quiet afternoon reading on the beach on Thursday in Khao Lak, Thailand, which was not spared from massive destruction from the Asian tsunami 10 years ago.(Photo: AP)
- Thai military personnel and volunteers prepare for a memorial service to be held the next day in front of a police boat which was beached 10 years ago when the Asian tsunami struck, in Khao Lak, Thailand. (Photo: AP)
- Acehnese women pray for the victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at a mass grave in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)
- A man is silhouetted against a backdrop of an illustration of a tsunami as he prepares the stage for a memorial to mark the 10th anniversary of the Asian tsunami Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014 in Ban Nam Khem, Thailand. (Photo: AP)
- In this Jan. 4, 2005 AP file photo, a young Tamil boy stops crying after receiving lunch from local aid workers at a makeshift refugee camp in the village of Palai, just outside of Kilinochchi in north eastern Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)
- In this Jan. 1, 2005 AP file photo, a man looks at a floating debris and dead bodies on Aceh River in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)
- In this Jan. 1, 2005 AP file photo, People, rear with mask, grieve as earthmovers clear debris of their damaged house at a fishermen's colony which was hit by a tsunami, in Nagappattinam, in Tamil Nadu. (Photo: AP)
- A huge SOS sign remains on a road leading to Meulaboh, southeast of Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, during a continuing sortie by US Navy Sea Hawk helicopters from the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in northwest Indonesia. (Photo
- A young tsunami victim's father cries as he holds the body of his son along with other family members at the Galle Hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)
- Rescue and clean-up crew survey a flooded lobby at the Seapearl Beach Hotel along Patong Beach on Phuket Island, Thailand, after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines. (Photo: AP)
- Thais walk outside a Buddhist temple, near Takuapa, Thailand, where more than 1,000 bodies had been gathered. (Photo: AP)
- People displaced by the tsunami mourn their losses as they sit inside a relief camp at a temple in Varichikudi, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Madras, India. (Photo: AP)
- The bodies of tsunami victims who died recently lie on the pavement at an overcrowded hospital in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)
- In this Dec. 26, 2004 AP file photo, tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)
- In this Dec. 28, 2004 AP file photo, villagers walk with their belongings past two boats that were washed ashore by tidal waves at Nagappattinam, in Tamil Nadu. (Photo: AP)
- In this Dec. 28, 2004 AP file photo, a boat passes by a damaged hotel, at Ton Sai Bay on Phi Phi Island, in Thailand. (Photo: AP)
- In this Dec. 27, 2004 AP file photo, debris left by southern Asia's massive earthquake and tidal waves are seen around the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the earthquake's epicenter, Indonesia. (Photo:
- In this Jan. 21, 2005 AP file photo, a local villager reads verses from the Quran at the tsunami-damaged Al-Mafirah Mosque in Kajhu, outside Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (Photo: AP)
- Architectural experts say the mosques in Banda Aceh survived because they were sturdily built and had stronger foundations than surrounding structures, many of which were likely constructed of shoddier materials. But many survivors believe the
- When the powerful tsunami smashed into this Indonesian city ten years ago, the only structures left standing in many neighborhoods were mosques. For the hundreds who found refuge within their walls, the buildings’ lifesaving role has not been
- In this, Jan. 17, 2005 AP file photo, refugee children try to catch relief goods tossed from an Australian military helicopter in a rice paddy in Lampaya, outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh was hardest-hit by the Dec. 26 quake-spawned tsunami
- A dozen countries were hit, from Indonesia to India to Africa's east coast. Some 230,000 people were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami set off by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake. (Photo: AP)
December 26 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, that left more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and caused about $10
Indian Ocean tsunami: 10th anniversary of the deadly natural disaster
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