A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered huge waves that swept into coastal areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka ... Huge death toll - A total of 226,408 ...

Ducan Rigley said after the tsunami he did not want to return to Sri Lanka A father who saved his family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has recalled how he "missed death five times on that day".

The tsunami that hit Sri Lanka in December 2004 was the greatest natural disaster faced by the country. It was a catastrophe that left a high death toll in the coastal regions of the island. Local ...