360330 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.thoughtco.com/the-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami-195145Around 8:08 am, the sea suddenly drew back from the earthquake-devastated shores of northern Sumatra. Then, a series of four enormous waves crashed ashore, the highest recorded at 24 meters tall (80 feet). Once the waves hit the shallows, in some places the local geography channeled them into even....Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:44:00 +0100thoughtco-9d152ffcd590903f03f29b704a4324b820191226134400https://www.journalducameroun.com/lindonesie-se-recueille-15-ans-apres-un-tsunami-devastateur/Nurhayati, qui a perdu sa fille la plus jeune dans la catastrophe est venue au rendez-vous. « Je viens ici chaque année parce qu’elle me manque tellement. Elle avait juste 17 ans et elle commençait l’université », explique à l’AFP cette femme de 65 ans en sanglotant.Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:41:00 +0100journalducameroun-9f698299540d18183a1f5283658f39e020191226134100https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-indonesia-tailandia-india-rinden-homenaje-mas-230000-muertos-dejo-tsunami-hace-quince-anos-20191226121122.htmlUna niña reza en la ceremonia de homenaje a las víctimas del tsunami en Chennai - REUTERS / P. RAVIKUMAR. PHANG NGA (TAILANDIA), 26 Dic. (Reuters/EP) - Indonesia, Tailandia e India rinden homenaje este jueves a las más de 230.000 personas que perdieron la vida tras el paso de un brutal tsunami....Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:37:00 +0100europapress-7abdc8f8ba750c391994d79f8a28f30420191226133700https://information.tv5monde.com/info/l-indonesie-se-recueille-15-ans-apres-un-tsunami-devastateur-338762Des milliers d'habitants ont convergé jeudi vers les cimetières dans la province indonésienne d'Aceh pour commémorer le 15ème anniversaire du tsunami dévastateur de 2004, l'une des pires catastrophes naturelles de l'Histoire. Dans un pré du district d'Aceh Besar où au moins 47.Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:37:00 +0100tv5-3b8ac887c5537b103a71aedb5d602d0320191226133700