Today marks the 16th anniversary since Sri Lanka faced the devastating Tsunami disaster that hit the island in 2004 killing over 35,000 people.
On December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra generating tsunami waves which caused massive destruction in several countries including Sri Lanka.
Two minute silence was observed island-wide at 9:25am today (26) to commemorate the lives lost in the Tsunami disaster 2004.