The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was a series of devastating tsunamis that struck Southeast Asia and East Africa on December 26, 2004. Indonesia was one of the countries that was hit the hardest. The tsunami killed around 230,000 people in Indonesia, and more than 1.7 million people were displaced.
The Indonesian government responded to the tsunami quickly and effectively. Within hours of the tsunami hitting, the government had set up a crisis center in Jakarta and deployed soldiers and emergency …