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Children staying in the care home set up by Karibeeran Paramesvaran and his wife Choodamani after they lost three children in the 2004 tsunami, pose in a park along a beach in Nagapattinam district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. REUTERS

A women walks past a mosque minaret devastated on 2004 by an earthquake and tsunami called 'Boxing Day Tsunami', in Lhokseudu, Aceh province. AFP

A woman rides a motorbike past a sign pointing at a tsunami evacuation route in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Visitors posing by the tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. AFP

General view of the Rahmatullah mosque in Lampuuk, Aceh province, which was hit by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. AFP

Muhammad Saleh, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, stands on the beach near his village at Lambada, Aceh province. AFP

Sulaiman Muhammad Amin, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, in a museum beside the Rahmatullah mosque in Lampuuk, Aceh province. AFP

Ahadi Firsawan,a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, sitting in his house in Kajhu, Aceh province. AFP

Dery Setyawan, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, holdinghis surfboard after surfing on Lhoknga beach in Banda Aceh, Aceh province. AFP

A man walks past a tsunami warning sign in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Kids play inside a house that was damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Kids play inside a house that was damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Women walk by a building dedicated to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 220,000 ahead of the 15th anniversary on December 26, in Banda Aceh. AFP

Karibeeran Paramesvaran and his wife Choodamani, who lost three children in the 2004 tsunami, pose outside their house that they have turned into a care home for orphaned children in Nagapattinam district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. REUTERS

Children staying in the care home set up by Karibeeran Paramesvaran and his wife Choodamani after they lost three children in the 2004 tsunami, pose in a park along a beach in Nagapattinam district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. REUTERS

A women walks past a mosque minaret devastated on 2004 by an earthquake and tsunami called 'Boxing Day Tsunami', in Lhokseudu, Aceh province. AFP

A woman rides a motorbike past a sign pointing at a tsunami evacuation route in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Visitors posing by the tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. AFP

General view of the Rahmatullah mosque in Lampuuk, Aceh province, which was hit by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. AFP

Muhammad Saleh, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, stands on the beach near his village at Lambada, Aceh province. AFP

Sulaiman Muhammad Amin, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, in a museum beside the Rahmatullah mosque in Lampuuk, Aceh province. AFP

Ahadi Firsawan,a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, sitting in his house in Kajhu, Aceh province. AFP

Dery Setyawan, a survivor of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, holdinghis surfboard after surfing on Lhoknga beach in Banda Aceh, Aceh province. AFP

A man walks past a tsunami warning sign in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Kids play inside a house that was damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Kids play inside a house that was damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

Women walk by a building dedicated to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 220,000 ahead of the 15th anniversary on December 26, in Banda Aceh. AFP

Karibeeran Paramesvaran and his wife Choodamani, who lost three children in the 2004 tsunami, pose outside their house that they have turned into a care home for orphaned children in Nagapattinam district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. REUTERS

Children staying in the care home set up by Karibeeran Paramesvaran and his wife Choodamani after they lost three children in the 2004 tsunami, pose in a park along a beach in Nagapattinam district in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. REUTERS

The day 230,000 lives were lost: Asia remembers devastating tsunami

On the morning after Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 17.4 metres

Reuters

December 30, 2019

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