Communities across Asia commemorated the more than 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean
tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world's most deadly disasters.
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On the morning after
Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 17.4 meters (57 feet) that swept over vulnerable coastal areas of
Indonesia, Sri Lanka,
India,
Thailand and nine other countries.
"It still haunts me … I can remember it all the time," said Suwannee Maliwan, 28, who lost both parents and five other relatives when the tsunami hit the Thai province of Phang Nga.