Twenty years have now passed since a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated communities in Southeast Asia, resulting in more than 220,000 confirmed deaths and millions displaced ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — 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 ...

Nemcova was vacationing in Thailand when a tsunami struck on Dec. 26, 2004. In 2004, supermodel Petra Nemcova was on a dream vacation in Thailand with her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Eleven-year-old Jessianne Wright took it to heart when she saw the television news about the ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh's ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that impacted a dozen countries, reaching as far as East Africa. NBC Universal, Inc.