The tsunami, the deadliest in recorded history, killed more than 225,000 people, primarily in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand ... buildings to survey the damage from the earthquake.

As the sun crested the horizon early on Boxing Day 2004, no-one on Thailand's west coast expected ... I never even imagined that water could inflict such damage," Rebekah said.

In Thailand, nearly 5,400 people were ... the earthquake — was responsible for most of the damage and the deaths, the NOAA’s Center for Tsunami Research says. The wave reached as high as ...

Despite Thailand's high-profile tourist industry ... According to preliminary estimates within days of the tsunami, the cost of clearing up the damage is around $25m. The government has not asked for ...

Modin, 45, was on vacation on Phi Phi Islands in Thailand with her then-fiancé Magnus, his brother and another friend when the group was swept away by the tsunami. "We only heard a sound ...

The couple learned from Sri Lankan friends the extent of damage in the country ... Richard de Gottal, from Worthing, said surviving the tsunami in Thailand had left him with an inexplicable ...