Aceh bore the brunt of what was one of the largest-ever natural disasters, triggered by an earthquake so large that scientists said it caused the Earth to wobble on its axis by a few centimeters
Aceh Rebuilt Decade After Tsunami, But Scars Remain
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Homes have been rebuilt along the shore in Aceh, within the 300-meter exclusion zone in which it was recommended that no one reside again. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
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A mass grave and tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. About 35,000 bodies of the estimated 170,000 people killed on in the city were never located. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
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Salmi Hardiyanti, now 24, points to the names of nine of her relatives who died in the tsunami. Their bodies have never been found. (Steve Herman/VOA News)
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A fishing boat carried by the tsunami which came to rest atop a house. Fifty-six people took refuge in the boat from rising waters. (Steve Herman/VOA News)