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Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Resilience, Reconstruction, and Lessons Learned
Twenty years ago, the Indian Ocean was struck by one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history—the 2004 tsunami. Triggered by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, this catastrophe resulted in at least 225,000 lives lost across a dozen countries, with Indonesia and Sri Lanka bearing the heaviest toll.