Tsunami 2004: Wave of Destruction

The morning after Christmas, 2004. In Southeast Asia, tourists enjoy paradise beaches as a 9.1 magnitude earthquake unleashes the most devastating tsunami in over a century. In just a few hours, colossal waves travelling at aircraft speed obliterate coastlines across the Indian Ocean, from Banda Aceh to Thailand, Sri Lanka to East Africa. 230,000 lives lost. 14 countries struck. Through rare footage, gripping eyewitness accounts and cutting-edge 2D/3D animations, this documentary reconstructs the catastrophe hour by hour, delivering a definitive account of one of history's greatest natural disasters.