The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the ...

Thousands of residents from across Indonesia’s Aceh Province gathered in the provincial capital on Friday to mark the 21st anniversary of the 2004 ...

For weeks now, angry and distressed residents in Indonesia's westernmost province have been raising white flags over the ...

A month after the disaster, residents are still struggling to recover as anger against Jakarta’s slow rescue response mounts.

Twenty-one years ago, a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra unleashed towering waves that destroyed entire coastal towns, killing about 200,000 people in Aceh province and forever reshaping ...

Aceh has asked UNDP and Unicef to help with disaster recovery, even as Indonesia has yet to open the door to foreign aid.

One of the worst natural disasters took place on December 26, 2004 following one of the strongest earthquakes in the oceans.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Armilla Yanti was returning from her regular Sunday trip to the market in this Indonesian city when a towering tsunami wave crashed ashore. She and her parents ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Aceh is one of those destinations that glimmer chimerically on the horizon, alluring with its newness, but ever receding, ...