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Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express train comes to a stop in the coastal village of Peraliya, marking the moment 20 years ago when the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck the train, killing 1,000 people on board. The train became a symbol of the deadliest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory, when the train was struck by the tsunami on December 26, 2004.

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