The model speaks about her work helping others after natural disasters. Dec. 16, 2009— -- Nearly five years ago Petra Nemcova was swept from her hotel room when a tsunami struck Thailand. Now the ...

Two decades after a devastating tsunami swept across Southeast Asia, Petra Nemcova is recalling what, and who, helped her survive the storm. “It's always difficult to go back in that moment when my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty years after the unprecedented 2004 catastophe, Nemcova shares the painful yet powerful lessons she learned from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Petra Nemcova was on vacation in Thailand at the time of the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000 across Southeast Asia.

Petra Nemcova's pelvis shattered in four places when a tidal wave of roiling black water consumed the bungalow in Khao Lak, Thailand, where she and her then-boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, were ...