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20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived
While excited to encounter Sri Lanka’s incredible wildlife, the framing of the tsunami and the recollections of what happened in 2004 were deeply moving. The expansive site, covering almost ...
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Sri Lanka Train Memorial Honours Tsunami Tragedy
Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen ...
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The boy who lived: ‘Baby 81’, a survivor of the devastating Sri Lanka tsunami in 2004
More than 35,000 people in Sri Lanka were killed, with others missing. The 2-month-old baby was washed away by the tsunami in eastern Sri Lanka and found some distance from home by rescuers. At the ...
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Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy
Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express became a symbol of the biggest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory, when the train was struck by the giant waves of December 26, 2004 ...