But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted by decades of civil war – that was hardest hit, particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city ...

The devastating tsunami of December 2004 left Banda Aceh a wasteland, a hellish landscape of debris. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. But fast-forward nine years and the city is ...

One site in Lambaro, en route to Banda Aceh’s international airport, is the final resting spot for some 47,000 people. Tens of thousands more were interred at others sites, in the areas of Ulee ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – The sickening smell hit me hard, even though I had been warned about it when I was assigned to cover the devastation in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, as a photojournalist a week ...

Daniel Poole was travelling in Sri Lanka when he was hit by the tsunami, whilst Rachel Harvey witnessed the devastation in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Mathilde Grandjean Tuesday 24 December 2024 00:01 GMT ...