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<p>Refugee children try to catch relief goods tossed from an Australian military helicopter in a rice paddy on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in January 2005. Aceh was hardest-hit by the Dec. 26, 2004, quake-spawned tsunami that killed more than 115,200 people in the northernmost province on Sumatra Island. Across Southeast Asia, nearly a quarter-million people were killed by the tsunami. (AP photo)</p><p></p>

<p>Refugee children try to catch relief goods tossed from an Australian military helicopter in a rice paddy on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in January 2005. Aceh was hardest-hit by the Dec. 26, 2004, quake-spawned tsunami that killed more than 115,200 people in the northernmost province on Sumatra Island. Across Southeast Asia, nearly a quarter-million people were killed by the tsunami. (AP photo)</p><p></p>

December 26, 2014

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Ten years after: Anniversary stirs tsunami memories
December 26, 2014 7:39 p.m.

Ten years after: Anniversary stirs tsunami memories

 PERELIYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — A packed train in Sri Lanka that was swept off its tracks by waves as big as elephants. A boat patrolling off Thailand’s shore hurled more than a mile inland. Streets in Indonesia turned into roaring rivers that carried people to their deaths.