The pain of losing loved ones, in some cases entire families, has not dimmed 20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami hit Sri Lanka.
The lack of awareness about the phenomenon has been identified as a key factor in the high number of fatalities.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Hikkaduwa, southern Sri Lanka.
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