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Tsunami memorials begin as Asia mourns disaster 20 years on
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12/26/2024
Emotional ceremonies began across Asia on Thursday (Dec 26) to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean, in one of the worst natural disasters in human history.
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Emotional ceremonies began across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who
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died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in one
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of the worst natural disasters in human history.
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In Indonesia's Aceh province, where more than 100,000 people were killed, a siren rang out
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for three minutes at the Baitur Aman Grand Mosque followed by prayers.
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Relatives and family members of the deceased gathered at a mass grave in Uli Lo village.
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Meanwhile, Thailand held a ceremony with religious rites for victims of the disaster in southern
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Panga province.
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Hundreds also visited a tsunami memorial wall near Ban Nam Kem village, where the ceremony
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was held, to pay their respects to lost loved ones.
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Among them was 62-year-old Urai Sirasuk, who lost her then four-year-old daughter to the
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tsunami.
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Panga was one of Thailand's hardest-hit provinces, with the disaster claiming 5,400 lives, including
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many foreign tourists.
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In Sri Lanka, survivors and relatives gathered to gather to remember around 1,000 victims
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who died when waves derailed a passenger train.
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Mourners boarded the restored Ocean Queen Express and headed to Paralia, the exact spot
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where it was ripped from the tracks.
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The tsunami claimed the lives of over 30,000 people in Sri Lanka alone.
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