Sri Lanka marks 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami

Sri Lanka to observe two-minute silence to mark 20 years since devastating tsunami
A two minutes’ silence will be observed island-wide today (26 December) on National Safety Day from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. in memory of all who lost their lives in the 2004 tsunami and other natural disasters in Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.
Sri Lanka Marks Two Decades Of 2004 Tsunami With National Day Of Remembrance
The 9.1 magnitude earthquake induced Tsunami was first felt in the island’s eastern coast before moving south resulting in devastation beyond belief.
Indians and Sri Lankans mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami
People gathered in India and Sri Lanka on Thursday to mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami struck , killing thousands of people. (AP video shot by Mahesh Kumar and Eranga Jayawardena)
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Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express became a symbol of the biggest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory,
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