Asia Commemorates Twenty Years Since Boxing Day Tsunami: Remembering Loss, Reflecting on Resilience

ByKevin

A Devastating Day: The Boxing Day Tsunami The tranquil cerulean waters, normally a source of life and sustenance for coastal communities across Asia, transformed into a monstrous, churning force of destruction on December twenty-sixth, two thousand and four. That day, a cataclysmic undersea earthquake, one of the largest ever recorded, unleashed a series of devastating…

Asia Commemorates Twenty Years Since Boxing Day Tsunami: Remembrance, Resilience, and Lessons Learned

ByKevin

Remembering the Victims and Honoring the Survivors The images remain searing in our collective memory: towering waves crashing onto shorelines, sweeping away everything in their path; scenes of unimaginable devastation; and the anguished faces of survivors searching for loved ones amidst the debris. Twenty years ago, on the day after Christmas, the Indian Ocean was…