“We were out there just to check out the huge surf that was going on ... Related: 20 Years Later: Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (Photos) ...

Daniel Poole, from Perranporth in Cornwall, had been on a surfing trip to Sri Lanka ... She said: "I saw for myself after the tsunami just how chaotic and messy a big humanitarian response can ...

Massive boulders strewn around a scenic natural rock formation called the Hashigui-iwa Rocks in the Pacific coastal town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, are likely vestiges of gigantic tsunami ...