In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia’s most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods.

Fact check - To date, the Australian government has never asked for the earthquake and tsunami aid to be returned.

The disaster gave rise to global tsunami warning networks, saving countless lives since, as seen in Japan's 2011 Tohoku event ...

For fisherman Effendi Basyaruddin, the deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Aceh province over the past week have ...

Thousands of residents from across Indonesia’s Aceh Province gathered in the provincial capital on Friday to mark the 21st anniversary of the 2004 ...

LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AP) — Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has transformed her resilience into purpose. Defying Aceh’s ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Armilla Yanti was returning from her regular Sunday trip to the market in this Indonesian city when a towering tsunami wave crashed ashore. She and her parents ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves. Asnani, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Main Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo said that the electricity recovery in three regencies ...

The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami sparked the world’s largest humanitarian and disaster recovery effort. But 20 years on, governments still fail to sufficiently integrate disaster reduction into ...

One month after an epic tsunami ravaged southern Asia, children and teachers in Indonesia’s worst-hit Aceh province on Wednesday made an emotional return to school, where thousands of desks of ...