But the 2004 Asian tsunami also made her realize "there’s more to this world, and it’s about love.” IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The quick thinking of a 10-year-old English girl, Tilly Smith, is credited with helping to save some 100 lives just before the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 struck the island of Phuket in Thailand.

Twenty years ago, the world was stunned by the Asian tsunami, whose towering waves killed an estimated 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and other countries the day after ...

Beaches in the south of Thailand such as Phuket, Khao Lak and Phi Phi were filled with tourists, including many South Africans, enjoying a festive season break when disaster struck – leaving ...

Before the tsunami, Naiyang Beach in Phuket was home to fishermen’s huts and simple wooden bungalows. For Suporn Greuter, who grew up by the sea, it was her playground.

A British family caught on video the moment the wave crested a wall and into their resort in Phuket.(AP/APTN)Slightly further south in Phuket, Joe Giardina, his wife, Ivana and son Paul were ...

While most tsunamis are less than 10 feet high upon reaching shore, the biggest ones tend to be much larger than tidal wives. The largest-ever tsunami wave was recorded in Alaska’s Lituya Bay in ...

Tsunami Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the entire world for 9 days revealed by satellite Geology There's a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed about 230,000 people in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the ...

Couple who lost 3 children in tsunami dedicate their lives to orphans 01:16. People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the ...