Twenty years on: Indonesia ‘better prepared’ following tsunami

When Ahmadi, a local storyteller on the Indonesian island of Simeulue, sings a lullaby to his one-year-old grandson, the song is not one about fairies and angels but rather about the precautions to take in a potential tsunami.

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Twenty years on: Indonesia ‘better prepared’ following tsunami

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