ອາເຈ່ ບູລະນະສ້າງສາ ຄືນໃໝ່ ຫຼັງຈາກ ສຸນາມິ

The Apung 1 barge, which was generating electricity offshore, was carried five kilometers by the tsunami and came to rest atop two houses. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

A damaged structure on a beach on the northwestern coast of Sumatra stands as testament to the force of the tsunami. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

Surya was seven when the tsunami hit. He was seriously injured and spent a month in hospital. Twelve of his 16 family members perished. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

Three girls at a secondary school in Aceh which was destroyed in the tsunami. Construction continues a decade later. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

Homes have been rebuilt along the shore in Aceh, within the 300-meter exclusion zone in which it was recommended that no one reside again. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

A mass grave and tsunami memorial in Banda Aceh. About 35,000 bodies of the estimated 170,000 people killed on in the city were never located. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

Salmi Hardiyanti, now 24, points to the names of nine of her relatives who died in the tsunami. Their bodies have never been found. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

A fishing boat carried by the tsunami which came to rest atop a house. Fifty-six people took refuge in the boat from rising waters. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

The remains of a house, a decade later, in a village in Aceh that was swamped by the tsunami. (Steve Herman/VOA News)

A pedestrian passes a colorful car rapide, with her image reflected in the windshield of a modern Chinese brand King Long bus. Authorities plan to phase out cars rapide by late 2018.