A ceremony was held in a southern province in Thailand to honor the victims of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004. Hundreds of visitors gathered to perform religious rites and pay their respects to the deceased. The tsunami was considered one of modern history's worst natural disasters, claiming over 230,000 lives across countries in Southeast and South Asia.
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00:00Hundreds of people gathered in southern Thailand to mark the 20th anniversary of
00:04the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. They held a ceremony and
00:10performed religious rites at a tsunami memorial wall to pay their respects to
00:14victims of the disaster. The event was held in one of Thailand's hardest-hit
00:19provinces where the disaster took over 5,000 lives. The tsunami was caused by a
00:249.1 magnitude earthquake which claimed over 230,000 lives across several
00:31countries in the region.