Tsunami in Thailand | Overtaken | 2
Against The Odds11 Nov 2025

Tsunami in Thailand | Overtaken | 2

As the wave barreled ashore on Thailand’s west coast, people were sucked under a powerful wall of water that was so strong it ripped the clothes off their backs. It separated husbands from wives, and parents from their children. Six miles out to sea, fisherman Wimon Thongtae raced to figure out how to position his small boat, so it could survive as one giant wave after another sped toward him.

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