{"id":2339025,"date":"2024-12-25T03:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T03:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2339025\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T03:00:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T03:00:33","slug":"how-a-2004-tsunami-led-to-the-deadliest-train-wreck-in-history-in-sri-lanka%e4%b8%a8abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2339025\/","title":{"rendered":"How a 2004 tsunami led to the deadliest train wreck in history in Sri Lanka\u4e28ABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"How a 2004 tsunami led to the deadliest train wreck in history in Sri Lanka\u4e28ABC News\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xe1PSxVbIM0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow a 2004 tsunami led to the deadliest train wreck in history in Sri Lanka\u4e28ABC News<\/p>\n<p>The Boxing Day Tsunami claimed 35,000 lives in Sri Lanka, making the death toll in the country the second highest after Indonesia. On that fateful day, the Matara Express train was swept off its tracks by massive waves, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,700 passengers and marking it as the deadliest railway disaster in history. Two decades later, survivors and those who lost loved ones reflect on the events of that tragic day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTsunami: Stories of Survival\u201d is an in-depth documentary produced by ABC\u2019s Asia Pacific Newsroom. Filmed across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India, this documentary captures untold stories of survival, resilience, healing and connection over the last two decades after the waves have receded. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the full documentary here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/8zpA5OFRWWU<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: http:\/\/ab.co\/1svxLVE<\/p>\n<p>ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It&#8217;s news when you want it, from Australia&#8217;s most trusted news organisation.<\/p>\n<p>For more from ABC News, click here: https:\/\/ab.co\/2kxYCZY<br \/>\nWatch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https:\/\/ab.co\/2OB7Mk1<\/p>\n<p>Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https:\/\/ab.co\/2lNeBn2<br \/>\nLike ABC News on Facebook: http:\/\/facebook.com\/abcnews.au<br \/>\nFollow ABC News on Instagram: http:\/\/instagram.com\/abcnews_au<br \/>\nFollow ABC News on X (Twitter): http:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews<\/p>\n<p>Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.<\/p>\n<p>#ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a 2004 tsunami led to the deadliest train wreck in history in Sri Lanka\u4e28ABC News The Boxing Day Tsunami cl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2339026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[395391],"tags":[771404,5098,196244,133795,509228,33310,769802,14870,67,1217,68,1225,201,173906,33868,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-2339025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-20-years-of-boxing-day-tsunami","9":"tag-abc","10":"tag-abc-news","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-boxing-day-tsunami","13":"tag-india","14":"tag-indian-ocean-tsunami","15":"tag-indonesia","16":"tag-japan","17":"tag-japan-breaking-news","18":"tag-japan-news","19":"tag-japan-today","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-sri-lanka","22":"tag-thailand","23":"tag-233"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2339025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2339025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2339025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2339025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}