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Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunami

Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said.

Behind the Scenes: Escaping cyclone-ravaged Myanmar

Hiding under a blanket in the back of a car at a police checkpoint. Hopping on boats instead of staying on a road. Constantly looking over your shoulder, knowing that at any moment you -- and those with you -- face the possibility of imprisonment, torture, even death.

Indonesian quake raises tsunami fears

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday could trigger a tsunami on coasts near its epicenter, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Time.com: After the Tsunami, Traffic Jams Again

Three years after the disaster, normality is creeping back in Banda Aceh, but the underlying economy hasn't yet healed

Watch video

Following are links to the videos that appear on CNN this week, relating to coverage of the Asian tsunami, one year after the event.

Mass grave is now green with life

The smell is gone.

Terror lingers as tsunami survivors rebuild lives

As tsunami waters roared through his Banda Aceh home last December, Nasir grabbed his two sisters and sought shelter in the local mosque.

Frustration flows over aid funds

The December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami prompted an unprecedented flood of aid pledges to the affected regions, particularly to the hard-hit Aceh province of Indonesia.

High-tech buoys to warn of disaster

Almost a year after the Indian Ocean tsunami slammed ashore on December 26, 2004, experts have finished installing stage one of a high-tech early warning system.

Big quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra

A strong earthquake has struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, shaking buildings and triggering some panic.

Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunami

Behind the Scenes: Escaping cyclone-ravaged Myanmar

Indonesian quake raises tsunami fears

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on Sunday could trigger a tsunami on coasts near its epicenter, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Time.com: After the Tsunami, Traffic Jams Again

Three years after the disaster, normality is creeping back in Banda Aceh, but the underlying economy hasn't yet healed

Watch video

Following are links to the videos that appear on CNN this week, relating to coverage of the Asian tsunami, one year after the event.

Mass grave is now green with life

The smell is gone.

Terror lingers as tsunami survivors rebuild lives

As tsunami waters roared through his Banda Aceh home last December, Nasir grabbed his two sisters and sought shelter in the local mosque.

Frustration flows over aid funds

The December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami prompted an unprecedented flood of aid pledges to the affected regions, particularly to the hard-hit Aceh province of Indonesia.

High-tech buoys to warn of disaster

Almost a year after the Indian Ocean tsunami slammed ashore on December 26, 2004, experts have finished installing stage one of a high-tech early warning system.

Big quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra

A strong earthquake has struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, shaking buildings and triggering some panic.

High tides plague Andaman Islands

High tides have swamped parts of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands for a second night, sending hundreds of residents on to higher ground.

Fears grow for aid workers' safety

As tsunami aid continues to pour into the badly hit northern Indonesian cities of Banda Aceh and Meulaboh, concerns continue to grow over security issues in the region.

Thais dig up graves to ID bodies

As many as 800 bodies are being exhumed from mass graves in Thailand in a bid to help identify thousands of people still listed as missing following the December 26 tsunamis.

U.S. Navy helicopter crashes in Indonesia

A U.S. Navy helicopter participating in tsunami relief efforts crashed on approach to the airfield at Banda Aceh early Monday, with all 10 aboard suffering minor injuries, a Navy spokesman said.

Video a vivid reminder of tsunami

Two weeks after a tsunami ravaged coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, a new video has brought a different perspective to the horror of the disaster.

Aid workers digging out flooded hospital

An international team of relief workers is helping Indonesian troops clear out mud and debris from the remains of a desperately needed hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

Leaders view tsunami devastation

High-ranking international officials have toured regions hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis to see firsthand the devastation that has prompted one of the world's biggest relief efforts.

Pledges pour in, cash needed now

South Asian countries will need $977 million in cash assistance over the next six months to recover from the tsunami disaster, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said.

Powell: U.S. values in action

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the United States is throwing its financial and military weight into southern Asian relief efforts not to gain favor in the Islamic world but because it's what Americans do.

Agencies struggle to deliver food

Ships unloaded thousands of tons of food at docks on Sumatra's east coast, but relief planners struggled to finds ways to get the supplies to the Indonesian Island's west coast and the 800,000 people who survived the disaster.

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