Boxing Day 2004 tsunami in Indian Ocean remembered 20 years on | BBC News
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- On 26 December 2004, Boxing Day, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of northwest Sumatra under the Indian Ocean, unleashing a devastating tsunami.
It killed an estimated 228,000 people across more than a dozen countries and caused massive damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives and Thailand.
The Andaman and Nicobar islands, located just about 100km north of the epicentre, suffered extensive damage when a wall of water, as high as 15 metres (49 ft) in places, hit land just about 15 minutes later.
Countries across the Indian Ocean have been remembering the catastrophic event 20 years on.
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My British Mum was one of the 151. That day changed my life.
Now I have three kids of my own. Hard to express to them what im feeling.
So very sorry, this must be a painful day for you.
Where you from AMERICA??
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 I'm from the UK. The above doc said 151 Brits went down that day. So this year I came back to Sri Lanka for Xmas to contemplate it and hang out with the people here.
So sorry for what you've gone through. Sending a hug ❤
@@creativesource3514 sorry for your loss I always say a prayer every day on the day.
I was 13 when this happened. It was the first time i heard a number related to a real life event that I just couldnt comprehend. 240,000 lives lost is such a truly insane number that i dont think people quite realize the true scale of it.
I would like to hear how many survived. The news always seems to focus on the negative sides of these stories.
Yeah that's like half the whole Russia Ukraine war death toll in one day
@@tobeforgottenisworsethande8995 or 80x 9-11.
The daily global death rate is about 160,000 people dying each day globally of various causes. This tsunami killed 240,000 people, or about 150% of the global daily death rate. So statistically this tsunami only doubled the global death rate for one single day. Not that big of a deal statistically. No one loses sleep over the standard daily global death rate of 150,000.
For me it was the same with 9/11. I couldn't comprehend at the time the scale of the event at 6 years. I was 9 at the time of the tsunami, and this was the first time I heard that term till my later days...
I was only 7 years old, but I remember this day vividly. I can't believe it's been so long.
Wow, how fast twenty years has flown by. I’m sure those 20 years didn’t fly by those affected. Prayers to all of them. 🙏🏼
Burned into memory so it feels like yesterday not 20 years ago.
Took me so much time to fully understand the true scale of this. So many lost in such a short time
I remember when this happened. I was 14 yrs old. Then, a few years later, I remember watching a documentary on the disaster. They interviewed several people. I particularly remember a mother talking about clench to a tree while she held her newborn and four year old. She said as she began to get weak she had to make a decision to either release one of her children or they all drown. She said she slowly let her four year old go and he began crying "mommy mommy, I'm slipping!" How it haunted her and destroyed her heart to let go. That has stuck with me for decades. I've always tried to find this documentary because i do not remember if her little boy survived or not. Now I'm a mother and i couldn't imagine letting one of my children go to save the other.
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@@JohnofthefamilySmithyes. HAARP.
Oh my God! Poor woman, nobody should be put in such a situation...she had no choice..my heart breaks for her. She must have gone through living hell for so many year, even now if she is still alive....I pray for her to find peace.
So heartbreaking 💔 😔
@@JohnofthefamilySmiththe world is not revolved around US. Get a life.
Grateful to BBC for covering this ❤️🇬🇧🙏
From Sri Lanka, I so hope all tourists who were directly affected by the Tsunami, will one day, find a place in their hearts to return to the nationa and places affected, which were carefully restored and rebuilt, knowing there are now warning systems in place.
Compassion, love and healing to all who lost loved ones💜
As a resident of Banda Aceh, I witnessed for myself how many corpses were scattered on the roads and in piles of wood. I am now 51 years old
Sorry 😣
this is in my geography a level exam as a caase study.
This was included in our 11th grade physics textbooks, describing the nature of a wave. These are transverse waves and they are more destructive compared to longitudinal waves. I was in 8th grade in 2004, 11th grade in 2007.
I was on Havelock on the Andamans , actually sleeping in a hammock when the earthquake hit , we were lucky as there is a hill on the island so we managed to get up there as the wave hit us, we was airlifted out after a couple of days. It was brutal and I can’t watch any docs about it as it brings back too many memories. I must go back and catch up with some of the amazing people that live there
So emotional for remembering their pain. May their souls rest in peace
I have a lot of family in Aceh, and I still remember the devastating day of the earthquake. It was already 8:15 a.m. when the tremors reached our city. I was in North Sumatra at the time, a 14-hour drive away by car, but the shockwaves traveled from the epicenter to our city in just 15 minutes.
About 15 years later, I visited Lampuuk Beach, one of the first areas near Banda Aceh to be struck by the Boxing Day tsunami. There’s a 30-meter-high cliff on the beach, still bearing the scars of that tragic day. The tsunami’s height, towering over palm trees, was an unforgettable reminder of its sheer power and destruction.
I offer my prayers for all the victims of that disaster, including the family members I lost that day. May their souls rest in peace, and may the memories of those lost continue to inspire resilience and compassion.
Rest in peace to the victims affected in this tragic event
20 years. I remember waking up in the middle of the night with the news and watching in shock. Sending love from Canada 🇨🇦❤🙏
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JohnofthefamilySpam.
I was staying at my father and stepmother's house in Buckinghamshire,camped overnight in the living room near to the Christmas tree because the bedrooms were occupied,and woke up to seeing this on the TV with astonishment. Stayed there watching the BBC coverage for some time. Condolences to all the families affected.
Deeply condolences to all the families of the victims from that terrrible event!
I can still remember him reporting from Banda Aceh .
Im a Sri Lankan and was in another country at that time and was always in front of TV with BBC as they put lot of effort to cover all the countries that effected.Hats off.
My cousin was one of the 151. I went on to live in Southeast Asia, including Thailand where Kevin was lost.
Unforgettable Disaster..Tens of Thousands died..😞😞😞😞
True, but many also survived.
@vangroover1903 Ok
hundreds of thousands died
227,898 according to wikipedia
but my lord there is no such force.
😢😢 deepest and sincere condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. It’s heartbreaking. 💔
But also hearty congratulations to those that made it, especially those that chose to save their own lives and eschewed impotent heroics.
The Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was truly a devastating and world-shaping event, and reflecting on it 20 years later brings a sobering sense of its impact. I didn’t realize just how far-reaching its effects were-12 countries harmed, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and countless others permanently changed.
Reading about the vigil held in remembrance of the tragedy speaks volumes about how deeply it resonated across the globe. It’s clear the event wasn’t just a natural disaster but a moment that united the world in grief and in the effort to rebuild.
The accounts from eyewitnesses like Richard de Gloet, who directly experienced the horror, serve as a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit amidst unimaginable destruction. The aftermath-both the immediate humanitarian response and the long-term efforts to support survivors-demonstrates how humanity can come together to face tragedy. This anniversary is a poignant opportunity to honor those lost and reflect on the resilience and compassion that followed.
There’s a film about it called The Impossible, starring Tom Holland before he became famous.
It's the same film with Naomi Watts in?
@@95MAFSI think it is yeah
yeah, before he became famous as spiderman
It’s a good movie
Yes they were mother and son, ewan mcgregor was the dad @@95MAFS
It struck my heart so deeply; I was devastated. I was only 13 years old at the time and had to witness so many lifeless bodies scattered everywhere-adults, teenagers, men, women, and even innocent babies lying all around. Some, unfortunately, were in incomplete conditions. Among the countless human bodies, at such a young age, I had to see one of my own family members floating lifeless. It was so painful to see that. I can never forget that event. That disaster took everything from my life-my family, friends, companions, surroundings, and childhood memories. My deepest condolences to the victims 😭😭😭
Didn't realize this happened 20 years ago, time flies
Thanks for remembering the disaster 🙏🏾
I was 10 years old but i still remember it. I was in Somalia at that time but even there some people died
I was just 2
I still remembered I was 20 years old early morning in Pakistan 🇵🇰 I woke up was still in my bed in blanket turned on fm and bbc radio urdu service news " severe earthquake in Indian ocean " initially didn't understood then day pass it was all over the world then the word " tsunami " I heard first time in life and the visuals from those parts of world horrible terrifying devastating 20 years gone
I was 14 at the time. I had been in Indonesia 4 years earlier for the millennium new year. Awesome place and party. Then came 9/11, and then came this. 227,000 people lost 😢 couldn’t believe how many people died. And so much footage.
still heartbreaking 😞 i'm so sorry for the lives that was taken during this disaster 🙏
i was only 6 months old when this happened... but when i knew about this disaster when i was a teen, i was devastated. rip 🙏
In the years following the Tsunami, people were still severely affected by the losses of loved ones, many understandably feared the sea. I always felt they didn’t receive the much needed support especially psychological following the event. In Sri Lanka for many years and even today - there’s evidence of buildings and peoples homes that are no more and were not rebuilt, understandably. Luckily, non of my family perished but people I’ve met over the years have talked of their losses and how they and their families were affected. Some of the news footage at the time is permanently etched on my memory.
My heart breaks for all those lost the ones there. I pray for them to find peace.
R.I.P.
Thanks, God, I was on vacation in Altai Mountains during that Christmas...
One of the benefits of social media is the legit educational contents easily accessible to almost everyone. Before, they don't know the signs of tsunami.
When it was mentioned on the uk news today I found my brain remembered the news videos that day and the pictures displayed of the missing.
RIP🙏🏻
It was still Christmas in Kampala when this struck...I remember being glued to the TV all night watching the news. I'd heard of tsunamis, but had never seen them in action till that day.
I'd heard of tsunamis too,but knew little about them before this.
I remember glued to the TV switching back and forth between CNN and BBC as both uncovered the tragedy. 18 hours of TV in 2 days.
I was 11 and a girl in our form had gone to Thailand for the Christmas break, she survived but when we went to school after the Christmas break, it seemed so close to us.
yes i was there
Unforgettable
i usually dont watch news like this, being gen z, i grew up and still exist in an environment where news is consumed usually on the internet, away from traditional, biased or skewed news sources. but no matter what perspective we look at it, what bias we each hold, its hard to understate the tragedy which occurred 20 years ago. i may not have experienced it, let alone born back then or prior, but just like 9/11, never forget.
People on the internet are even more biased and less reliable than professional journalists.
Ya I was just 3months old from India but never heard this
For Finns, this was the biggest disaster since the WW2. In Thailand and Sri Lanka, 179 Finnish citizens died.
Wow
@jtidema Bad luck, in Khao Lak in Thailand the tsunami destroyed a hotel complex full of Nordic tourists.
So sorry to hear this, from your friends in the UK our deepest condolences 😔
Unfortunately, only good thing thst came from this was that there is better understanding on the characteristics of a tsunami, receding water at a distance and alarms and warnings on potential risks of tsunamis after an earthquake. A tragedy that so many didn't know what was coming.
I remember it happen 20 years ago wake up at 300 in the morning to go bathroom i heard on the news it was on my radio.
Banda Aceh is the worst hit with the most dead, nearly 200k perished
I remember dad was coming home for the holidays it was raining heavily and thunderstom
Rip to all
20 YEARS AGO?? My god where have them years gone?? RIP to the fallen ...
Exactly what I said. 😮
I was deployed with the United States Army in Kuwait at the time.
You were a past of the US imperial system. You should be ashamed
How many more would have lived if they weren't ignorant about the receding ocean being a danger sign? Tragic😢
They can't really be blamed for that,but it became clear immediately that there should have been a warning system in place like there is now.
@rjjcms1 no blame was placed on anyone. I was just wondering how many more would have lived & how it was tragic they were ignorant to the facts in front of them.
@@philsmycrevice Fair enough. I guess the word ignorant has been used to denigrate others (usually those that don't agree with their opinions) so much on social media that it seems almost pejorative now,when it can just mean unaware. It's a good question that someone may have an answer for,though: how much time would they have had when they were alerted to the fact that a tsunami was heading for them - given that there was no warning system or drill in place at the time? How promptly would people have reacted when it was probably the last thing they were expecting? How far away to safety could they have got -or been evacuated to - in the short window of safety they had? I agree totally that public information and knowledge makes a vital difference,though.
Interestingly,someone once said to me (in one-on-one discussion,not on the internet) that the animals senses something that the humans,in all the clutter of their busy lives,did not,and began making for safer ground much earlier,and that as a result humans were affected far more heavily than the animals. I don't know how much truth there is in that.
ตอนที่คลื่นซัดฉันอายุเพียงเจ็ดขวบ แต่ฉันจำได้ชัดเจนเหมือนเมื่อวาน
I knew a family of other expats when I was living in Shanghai at the time who were on the other side of the island when the waves hit on Phuket. They saw the sea dry up and then fill up quickly, but they were confused on what was happening. It was only when they got to the western side of the island that they realized what was going on. Another expat family in that neighborhood never came back from their Christmas in Phuket, but I didn't know them personally.
I saw a similar documentary on Al Jazeera. Are BBC and Al Jazeera like brothers and sisters?
It's like it was huge event that's affected lot of people?
Rip
you know what else is massive?
Your waist?
I was just 3months old that time😐i never knew that
How do people not k ow?
Many died tragically, but let us also celebrate those that survived, especially those brave souls that saved their own lives first.
Imagine what a rush that must have been to know you lived through it. Under different circumstances you could call it a tidal wave of emotions.
Kenya hand one person,who died on the same day..
20th anniversary of that bastardin evil wave
It builds a lot of character
Massive disaster commemoration..so sad.
In memory of the victims
😢🎉🎉😢
Modern Pompeii.
2:25, Lol.
sad reality is, its gonna happen again one day
A tsunami will happen again. The huge death toll will not happen again, because now they have sensors that trigger warning sirens.
US Weather weapons will always happen until the people stop it.
There was the one at Fukishima,by the nuclear plant,in Japan in 2011,but without an amount of casualties that this one claimed. The footage of that is jaw-dropping.
@@rjjcms1 That was done deliberately by US/NATO like most of these 'natural disasters'
❤ good morning to day ❤
🙏🙏🙏 *John 14:6* 🙏🙏🙏
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John 8:44
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00:10 people with hats are in front, but people who cover their heads seem to be behind... i find that interesting
0:20 I just heard the siren. Were they were using a pre-recorded version of the tsunami warning siren that was playing over the loudspeakers for 3 minutes? Very sad 😔 on the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26, 2004
big hats or small hats?
2025
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Pp island
It was natural disaster man can't do anything against natural happens.
? Nothing natural about this I’m afraid!
@@geoffbirchall7552tsunamis IS NATURALLY OCCURRING PHENOMENON long before humanity even exist.
We can at least minimize the damage.
🇮🇩😭 2004-2024/2025
INDONESIA COYYY
I’ve been travelling around Thailand for the last six weeks and when you see Thailand , you understand how so many had no idea what was happening 😢
Sayz.Oh my
😢😮😮
Mecy for God In Jesus Name Amen
Let's feel sad because it's not about India. 😢
You do realize this tsunami also affected india, right?
Yet people still believe in God.
Weather weapons.
Boxing Day Tsunami 😂?!!! The tsunami and quake has nothing to do with Christians and celebrations……
See how they want to bring in their traditions to the region that has nothing to do with it 😂😂😂😂
Divine punishment 😐
😂😂😂😂😂
Remember when Christmas 🎄 TV was brilliant, but when you go woke you go broke, you are paying for this 😭💯🤡🌍🤬
WTH are you talking about?
🧘 'Yoga - Employment' _ •🛐• _ "Training - Future" 🧘
bbc wants another jab from nature after twenty years
Johnathon should go to gaza snd report
This isn't news. This is rehash.
It's called commemoration. Seriously go outside.
@@absentmindedshirokuma8539 No, it's what they put on the news when they don't have any real news.
@@HUNT3R737 it's event that took a quarter million of lifes. Even some bbc staff lost their life that day. Seriously, grow up.
@@absentmindedshirokuma8539 I'm sure you're a big hit at parties
condolences 20 years later?
mmmkay
The closest thing they ever got to a bath 😂
Why remember a fckin tsunami 😂😂😂😂
Would you say the same about 9/11?
Would you do the same to Fukushima Daiichi disaster? Chernobyl? 9/11? 7/7? Mumbai bombings 2008? Haiti Earthquake 2010??
Every memorial should be valid. Perhaps unless you experience something similar, you aren't capable of understanding that. Of course, there are many tragedies around the world. Laughing about it simply shows a lack of empathy.
Why remember a car crash
Why remember the ww2 remembrance with the poppy when our country is doing a genocide right now against Palestinians ?? 🤷🏼♀️ 🤷🏻 Our nation is sick
Terrible time in history.🙏🙏🙏🙏