"The wave came in and just took her, it just took her away." On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that raced towards shorelines around the Indian Ocean. Twenty years ...

Ducan Rigley said after the tsunami ... third wave hit. "My focus was on saving the kids' lives - in total there were five waves. "It was like going through five Viking battles in a day." ...

Surviving the wave and experiencing the desperate conditions ... disaster relief charity ShelterBox, Mr Poole said the Boxing Day tsunami had a significant impact on how non-governmental ...

"The very next second the wave smashed through the front wall ... Mr Poole said the Boxing Day tsunami had a significant impact on how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governments ...

Today marks 20 years since the Boxing Day Tsunami killed 227,898 people ... In the seven hours that followed, a tsunami wave spread across the ocean and devastated areas as far away as East ...

Surviving the wave and experiencing the desperate conditions ... disaster-relief charity ShelterBox, Mr Poole said the Boxing Day tsunami had a significant impact on how NGOs and governments ...

Recounting that chaotic day in 2004, when the Boxing Day tsunami devastated the Indian ... who was washed out to sea on a mattress during the first wave and then brought back to shore in the ...

A father who saved his family during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has recalled how he "missed death five times on that day". Duncan Ridgley ... in the back." A wave hit him and he was pulled ...

Surviving the wave and experiencing the desperate conditions of the ... Now an emergency co-ordinator with disaster relief charity ShelterBox, Mr Poole said the Boxing Day tsunami had a significant ...