The tsunami is estimated to have caused $250 million (£200m) in damage to the island’s tourism sector and ruined the livelihoods of around 27,000 people who relied on the industry at the time.

Damage caused by the wave in Thailand. Photo/ Bob Hooker. This Boxing Day marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history.

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On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...

SRI LANKA, — This December marks the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck ...

The Boxing Day tsunami caused catastrophic devastation and there were unexpected ways in which it changed the world. See how in these harrowing before and after photos. World Vision Australia CEO ...

The worst natural disaster of the 21st century happened on Boxing Day 2004. Scenes of unimaginable devastation were beamed across the globe, as the scale of the disaster slowly sunk in. Two ...

Some days the rhythm was all that made sense to Murtala, a 25-year-old dance student, who had rushed back to Banda Aceh after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in a bus full of volunteers and food, only ...

The Boxing Day tsunami caused catastrophic devastation and there were unexpected ways in which it changed the world. See how in these harrowing before and after photos. World Vision Australia CEO ...

On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It was the deadliest natural disaster this century, and was probably the ...