India marks 20 years since 2004 Boxing Day tsunami with tributes

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India's southern state of Tamil Nadu marked the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami on Thursday (December 26) by paying tribute to those died with offerings of milk, flowers and prayers.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2urdpn5p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tamil Nadu in southern India commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day

00:08tsunami on Thursday, paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the devastating disaster.

00:15Survivors and families of victims in Chennai and Thoothukudi gathered to light candles,

00:20offer flowers, and pray in memory of the lives lost to one of history's deadliest natural

00:26calamities.

00:27Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi also paid a floral tribute in Chennai to honor the victims.

00:35Fatima Babu, an advisor to the Fishermen's Association, described December 26 as a black

00:41day.

00:42We can never forget what happened on that black day, the 26th of December 2004, but

00:50as long as the sea is being tampered with, this is going to happen repeatedly.

00:56If you want to save the coast, the coastal communities, the entire planet, and the seas,

01:02it should be ensured that no harm is done, no damage is done to the sea.

01:09The Indian Ocean tsunami, triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's

01:15Aceh province on December 26, 2004, claimed over 230,000 lives across 14 countries, including

01:24India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

01:28According to UNESCO, more than 16,200 people in India were either killed or went missing

01:35due to the tsunami.

01:37In Tamil Nadu alone, approximately 730,000 individuals were displaced, and hundreds of

01:43thousands of homes and buildings along the coastline were destroyed by the massive waves.

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