Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami commemorated the 20th anniversary of the disaster, which killed an estimated 230,000 people. Ceremonies were held across Southeast and South Asia, with many visiting mass graves and sharing memories of the tragedy.
Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ceremonies on Thursday to mark the disaster that killed some 230,000 people. The tsunami on December 26th, 2004 was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province, sending waves as high as 17.4m slamming into coastlines of Indonesia,, which accounted for more than half the total death toll.
Hundreds of survivors and family members of the victims visited a mass grave in the Ulee Lheue village, scattering flower petals on the stones that mark the graves. Many were crying and hugging their family members. ‘I’ll never forget the trail of bodies’ : Magdeburg witnesses recount Christmas market attack ‘We need Macron to act.’ The view in Mayotte, the French island territory steamrolled by cyclone Chido Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? Nurkhalis (52) said he lost his wife, his children, parents and in-laws to the tsunami, and none of their bodies were found. “Even though time has passed so far, but the same feeling haunts us on this date, especially those of us who lost our family at that time,” he said at the mass grave. Railway workers and tsunami survivors carry flowers while attending the 20th anniversary commemoration of 2004 tsunami victims in the Peraliya suburb of Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursda
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