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beneath the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, generating a massive tsunami that claimed more than 230,000 lives in fourteen different countries, one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.

Today, many of the communities have recovered, though painful memories and some ruined structures remain in place. Across Asia today, memorials were held in remembrance of the thousands of victims. Amid the commemorations, continued warnings from earthquake experts that early-warning systems need even more development and funding in the region.

Gathered here are images of the 2004 event, a series of then-and-now comparison images, and photos from today's memorials.

air as the the first tsunami waves hit
Ao Nang, Krabi Province, Thailand, on December 26, 2004.

the water receded react as the
first of six tsunami waves started to roll towards Hat Rai Lay Beach.

comes crashing ashore at Koh Raya.

kilometers
(38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 26, 2004.

waves hit the shore from inside the
Casuarina Beach Hotel resort in Penang, northwestern Malaysia
around on December 26, 2004.

houses at Maddampegama, Sri Lanka.

Lanka on December 26, 2004 at 10:20 a.m. local time, slightly less than four hours after the 6:28 a.m. (local Sri Lanka time) earthquake and shortly after the moment of tsunami impact.

at Marina beach in Madras, India, on
December 26, 2004, after tsunami waves hit the region.

An aerial view of Marina beach.

moments after the Indian
Ocean Tsunami ravaged Southern Asia on December 26.

some 180 km (112 mi) south of the southern Indian city of Madras, on December 28.

of the devastated district of Banda Aceh in Aceh province located on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the aftermath of the massive December 26, 2004 tsunami.

1, 2014, showing new houses and rebuilt community.

of the impassable main coastal road covered with debris in Aceh Besar district, in Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath.

The same location as above, photographed on
November 29, 2014, showing the new highway.

from a truck
on January 9, 2005 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Estimates of the death
toll in Indonesia top 150,000.

a man walks near the mass grave
prior to the ten year anniversary of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami
on December 11, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

on January 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out.

wide angle lens on December 1, 2014, showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community.

helicopter from carrier USS Abraham Lincoln shows devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami to the west of Aceh on January 8, 2005 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

area of Lampuuk, on December 11, 2014.

around by a Tsunami that hit the Indonesian City of Banda Aceh on December 28, 2004.

the same location as above, people drive along
Panglima Polim street prior to the ten year anniversary.

heart of Koh Phi Phi shops, restaurants
and bungalows were totally wiped out following a Tsunami
December 28, 2004 on Phi Phi Island, Thailand.

2014 the same location, showing
a view of the beach prior to the ten year anniversary of the 2004
earthquake and tsunami in Phi Phi Village, Ton Sai Bay, Thailand.

of a mosque that was hit by the tsunami,
seen on December 14, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

commemorate the tenth anniversary of the tsunami on December 26, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

bridge that was hit by the tsunami, seen on
December 14, 2014 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

names of tsunami victims at
Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh on December 26, 2014.

for the victims of 2004 tsunami
in Ban Nam Khem, on December 26, 2014.

are released
into the sky during a commemoration service to mark the 10th anniversary
in Ban Nam Khem, Thailand.