It was immediately after Thailand’s beachfront resort Phuket was smashed by that tsunami. Its devastation and the huge quake extended 900 miles and wiped out whole villages. Killed thousands.

Pym Boonyarattana owned a restaurant in Phuket but was on Phi Phi Island because she was looking to set up a cafe there. Michael Tyrrell was in travelling the world when he came to be in Thailand ...

Twenty years ago, Louis Mullan was a 15-year old boy, on holiday for Christmas in Takua Pa, near Phuket, with his parents ... off their feet by the surging tsunami wave, caused by an earthquake ...

It’s been 20 years since the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed tens ... Lauren Day reports from Phuket, Thailand. Please be aware, this story contains some ...

Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami ... an adviser to Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s prime minister at the time, had arrived in Phuket the night before with his wife ...

There were 170,000 people dead in Indonesia, 30,000 in Sri Lanka, 11,000 in India, 5,000 in Thailand ... as they saw the tsunami coming. A flooded hotel basement in Phuket.(AFP: Roslan Rahman ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast ... Only about 800 people live on the island. Unlike nearby Phuket, few tourists visit and islanders live a quiet ...

ANDAMAN SEA, Thailand - Almost 1,000km off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves – a key link in a warning system intended to ...

In Thailand, people gathered at a memorial ceremony in Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village in Phang Nga province that bore the brunt of the devastating wave in the country. The tsunami claimed ...

History through which I lived is creeping back. Bold black newspaper type screams “Thailand Royal Spell Has Been Broken.” Subhead: “Young Thais no longer bow to their king.” That’s now.

Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves -- a key link in a warning system ...

Andaman Sea (Thailand) (AFP) – Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves -- a key link in a warning system ...