Surviving Boxing Day tsunami gave me a 2nd chance

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.
What we have learned in the 20 years since Boxing Day tsunami
Tsunami and earthquake data still isn’t shared widely around the world. Local authorities and experts often don’t communicate the risk to residents of flood-prone communities.
Victims and survivors of Boxing Day tsunami remembered 20 years on
Victims and survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are being remembered 20 years on from the disaster. A 9.1 magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on December 26 2004 triggered the tsunami which killed more than 200,000 people.
Today (Dec. 26) marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami
A two-minute silence was observed across Sri Lanka today (December 26) from 9:25 a.m. to 9:27 a.m. to honor the memory
Cornish surfer who survived Boxing Day tsunami recalls 'white water and chaos'
The last I saw of that room was the roof dropping down on us before we were washed out through the rear wall of the building'
'Surviving a tsunami has given me purpose in life'
Clare Allen said the 2004 tsunami dramatically changed her life A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life. Clare Allen,
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Some people on Indonesia’s Simeulue island relied on folklore to escape the 2004 tsunami
The majority of deaths from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were in Indonesia. But the island of Simeulue was largely spared.
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing Day tsunami with sombre ceremonies
In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore ...
Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
On Boxing Day 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia set off a tsunami which killed almost 250,000 people. It ...
Incredible tale of ‘miracle boy’ who survived on puddle water in swamp for 21 days after Boxing Day tsunami 20yrs ago
A YOUNG boy spent nearly a month living off puddle water after the devastating Boxing Day tsunami. Hero Ian Dovaston told The Sun how he managed to save seven-year-old Martunis 20 years ago after ...
Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years since devastating Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000 across a dozen countries
Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the ...
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand: The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami 20 years on
The Boxing Day tsunami interrupted a civil war, triggered the worst rail accident in history and shattered the lives of ...
20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived - Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal ...