Beachside memorials and religious services have been held across Asia to mark the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that left more than a quarter of a million people dead in one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.

A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia.

Public donations to Trócaire reached an all-time high last year helping to raise almost €84m for disaster-hit areas around the world, it emerged today.

RESCUERS raced to pull survivors from collapsed buildings and deliver urgently needed food and water yesterday as strong aftershocks rattled earthquake-devastated islands in northern Indonesia.