Sri Lanka marks 17th tsunami anniversary today

Today marks the 17th anniversary since Sri Lanka faced the devastating Tsunami disaster that hit the island in 2004 killing over 35,000 people.

On December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra generating tsunami waves which caused massive destruction in several countries including Sri Lanka.

The Disaster management Center (DMC) has requested the public to observe a two minute silence island-wide at 9:25am today (26) to commemorate the lives lost in the Tsunami disaster 2004.