Boxing Day Tsunami

Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave begin 12 hours before the disaster, on Christmas Day 2004, when holiday-makers across Asia were enjoying blissful breaks, unaware that a natural disaster was heading their way.

Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave pick up the story 90 minutes after the earthquake that caused the deadly wave. The tsunami hits Indonesia and Thailand, and a second wave is heading towards the tourist hotspots on the Thai coast.

Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave examine the eight hours after the destructive earthquake that caused the tsunami wave. Shockwaves still spread out across the world, raising sea levels more than 5,000 miles away in South Africa.