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20 years ago, a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of Indonesia.

But on one particular island, almost everyone survived.

So we can see a little mountain up here with palm trees now and other trees, but that's

where, because this whole road was flooded, people ran up to the mountain over there.

I'm Carolyn Beeler. Also today, Finland is going after Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea

after another undersea cable was severed. This is reducing electricity. Keep that in mind being in the middle of winter here.

This could really drive up electrical bills for people.

We're also taking a look back today at the highlights of 2024 in sports.

I feel like I'm an example of if you want to, you really can, you know, with a lot of hard work, a little bit of luck and, you know, just a lot of support.

That's all ahead today on the world.

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