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A RAAF Hercules evacuates refugees from Banda Aceh after the 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?

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A family cries after hearing they have lost loved ones in Banda Aceh. They were waiting hopefully at the airport.

Twenty years after photographing the aftermath of a tsunami, I still check for high ground at the beach

Chief Herald photographer Nick Moir flew into Banda Aceh the day after the Boxing Day tsunami. He found a city turned upside down, bodies lying in the streets – and a sense of vigilance that remains with him still.

  • Nick Moir
The tsunami’s waves lashed Indonesia’s coast within minutes.

After the Boxing Day tsunami, we built a warning system. It may not be enough

Tsunamis remain uniquely devastating and impossible to predict – even for Australia.

  • Angus Dalton
Heri Syahrial at the Siron mass grave in Banda Aceh.

The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace

The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked by almost 30 years of war.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Buildings damaged after magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Port Vila, Vanuatu.

‘We definitely need help’: Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu

Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital, Port Vila, and several embassies evacuated.

  • Paul Sakkal
Tim Costello, speaking at the MCG on Boxing Day 2005, thanks the public for their contributions to tsunami relief.

Amid death and destruction after the Boxing Day tsunami, remarkable things happened

I witnessed a wave of terrible destruction in Sri Lanka and Banda Aceh. It was met with a wave of generosity and compassion from the Australian people.

  • Tim Costello
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Broken bottles are scattered on the floor at a bottleshop in Rio Dell, California.

Strong earthquake strikes off California, prompts tsunami warning

It was felt as far south as San Francisco, where residents felt a rolling motion for several seconds. It was followed by smaller aftershocks.

Ray Martin in Banda Aceh for Tsunami: 20 Years On, a documentary marking the anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in history.

Haunted by the Boxing Day tsunami, Ray Martin faces his fears

The journalist returned to Indonesia for the documentary Tsunami: 20 Years On to find what once was a “hellhole” is now a “humble, human place”.

  • Bridget McManus
Surfer David Lines reflecting on the loss and devastation the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Two decades on, survivors reflect on Boxing Day tsunami in new doco

Daniel Bogado’s documentary tracks the trail of devastation left by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but also shines a light on the goodness of people in the aftermath.

  • Jacqueline Cutler
A destroyed building in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture.

Thousands homeless, dozens dead following powerful earthquake in Japan

Aftershocks continue to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 quake slammed the area on Monday.

  • Satoshi Sugiyama

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