Boxing Day tsunami - 'I missed death 5 times'

Boxing Day tsunami - 'I missed death five times'
Duncan Ridgley says "it was like going through five Viking battles in a day".
Boxing Day Tsunami: An elephant took me to safety
On 26 December 2004, Amber Owen, 28, from Milton Keynes, was on holiday in Phuket when a magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. It claimed the lives of 230,000 people, but she taken to safety by elephant, Ningnong who she was riding at the time the first wave hit.
Program: Australian survivors remember Boxing Day tsunami
Australians recount their stories of survival and recovery.  In 2004, hundreds of millions of dollars were raised to help recovery efforts across the 15 affected countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.
‘Pain of memories’: Anthony Albanese commemorates Boxing Day tsunami
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a video message commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami.
Boxing Day tsunami a reminder we are all in harm’s way
A tsunami warning system was built after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami catastrophe but can we ever be thoroughly prepared for such a disaster?
Remembering the Boxing Day tsunami
This Boxing Day marks the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disaste
Boxing Day tsunami: The story of survivor who inspired Cristiano Ronaldo
Martunis - who was seven at the time - was found by a Sky News team 21 days after the disaster on a beach in Indonesia, as he searched in hope of being reunited with his family.

Asia, Tsunami

Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the ...
Twenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when 2004 tsunami hit'
Just as we pulled out from the harbour, the boat lurched and suddenly the jetty next to where we had boarded crumpled and ...
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The Deadliest Tsunami Set Off Work to Be Ready for the Next Big Wave
Experts said they were “blind” to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Twenty years later, working toward a world without tsunami deaths is a challenge. By Katrina Miller The Indian Ocean tsunami ...
After 20 years, the post-tsunami generation stays vigilant for future disasters
Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...
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Two decades later: Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
Triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami unleashed a series of towering ...
Woman Recalls Giving Birth To Son ‘Tsunami’ In Snake-Infested Jungle 20 Years Ago
In 2004, large-scale devastation and loss of lives could have been averted as there was no effective warning system, ...
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20 Years On: Honoring the Resilience and Loss of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
On the 20th anniversary of the destructive 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, over 225,000 lives are remembered, including 35,000 in ...
20 Years of Indian Ocean tsunami: Read the inspiring story of ‘Baby 81’ who was pulled out of rubble
Discover the inspiring story of Jayarasa Abilash, famously known as “Baby 81,” a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Supermodel Petra Nemcova opens up 20 years after surviving deadly tsunami
ABC News’ Diane Sawyer interviewed Nemcova in the months after the tragedy. Now, 20 years after one of the deadliest natural ...
Tsunami memorials begin to remember 220,000 people died 20 years ago
A woman places portraits of her relatives at the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in southern Thai province of Phang Nga on ...