(FILE) – Thai residents on a motorcycle ride past a building damaged by tsunami waves in the tourist beach destination of Khao Lak, Phang Nga province, southern Thailand, 28 December 2004 ...

The Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami began with a 9.3-magnitude earthquake. A series of waves devastated coastal communities in ...

Khao Lak's beaches, about 40 miles north of Phuket island, were among Thailand's worst hit by the tsunami. "Today there’s a monument to the victims, but on the beachfront it's business as usual ...

On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across ... left behind was almost unfathomable. In Khao Lak, in the south of Thailand, the memories ...

KHAO LAK, Thailand — Watana Sittirachot ... further protected by seawalls. Tsunami shelters dot the shoreline, set back from the beach, while alert towers are equipped with loudspeakers and ...

Trauma still lingers on for survivors of the deadly tsunami that hit Thailand 20 years ago. The Indian Ocean tsunami struck a ...

Walking from Pullman Khao Lak to Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park is more than a physical journey. It’s a reflective ...

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a ...

“I’d met people and was familiar with some of the beaches ... after the tsunami struck, Brownless arrived in Thailand. He made his way to Takua Pa, a town inland from Khao Lak, where the ...

The sea started boiling. Khao Lak beach the day before the tsunami. Picture: Supplied “It was the day after Christmas and we were excited to go scuba diving,” she said. “We had been at a ...

Khao Lak, Thailand. Tsunami phenomena unable to be captured ... Drawings show sea-life left on the beach as the 1st wave receded. The immediacy of the Tsunami was fresh in the children's mind ...