Modin, 45, was on vacation on Phi Phi Islands in Thailand with her then-fiancé Magnus, his brother and another friend when the group was swept away by the tsunami.

In the 12th installment of Metro Travel Hot Takes, Sophie-May Williams shares her disappointment with an island that Hollywood put on the map.

As tsunami warnings force millions to flee coastal areas across the world, Luke Simon, 50, recalls how he survived the ...

On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, Deacon Ned Berghausen watched from a three-story building on Koh Phi Phi Island in Thailand as a wall of water surged to shore. The Indian Ocean tsunami took more ...

Another Stanford student survives tsunami ... Four found, but James Hsu still missing at press time by Jocelyn Dong and Alexandria Rocha There was a point when Laura Wales, 29, almost gave up.

Against the backdrop of a picture-perfect beach in the Phi Phi Islands, the 79-year-old Frenchwoman thinks back to the "unforgettable chaos" she saw at the same spot in February 2005.