The Indian Ocean tsunami, five years later
Tomorrow, December 26, is the 5-year anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. How have things changed since 2004? Indeed, have things changed? The BBC’s Karishma Vaswani reports on the progress Indonesia’s Aceh province. We also talk with Christoph Gorder, Vice President of Emergency Response with Americares, about what’s still needed for the region to fully recover.
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