A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life.

By Vibhu Mishra On the sombre twentieth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, a disaster that claimed over 230,000 lives across 14 nations, UN ...

A woman who survived a tsunami shared the devastation of the impact of the waves. It has been 20 years since the Boxing Day ...

More than 200,000 lives were claimed when powerful earthquake triggered a huge tsunami tidal wave on Boxing Day 2004 ...

I saw everything was destroyed': Memories still incredibly raw 20 years after Boxing Day tsunami On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across the ...

A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which killed more than 200,000 ...

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Tearful mourners across Asia have commemorated the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines ...

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

"The tsunami was the catalyst for me finding my purpose, that second chance I got," she said. The 53-year-old has now written ...

A man caught up in a devastating tsunami 20 years ago has recalled the final moments before his older brother was swept away ...

Survivors of the Boxing Day Tsunami and relatives of those who were killed joined memorials in Thailand today on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. Footage shows families laying flowers in Phuket ...