In 2004, a large earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered the largest tsunami in recorded history. One of the countries hit by the tsunami was Sri Lanka, where the wave caused one of the worst train disasters in human history when it hit the Queen of the Sea passenger line, which was carrying 1,500 passengers along Sri Lanka's west coast. Watch Destruction Decoded on Wednesdays at 8pm on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

On this day in 2004, the Boxing Day tsunami devastated the coastlines of 14 countries - resulting in over 230,000 lives lost. Today #60Mins remembers those affected by the tsunami and looks back on the late Richard Carleton's report from ravaged towns in Indonesia and Thailand. | 60 Minutes Australia