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On the 20th anniversary of her death, her father John May said: "It seems almost as real today as it was all those years ago." The former Surrey Heath mayor returned to Thailand to find Lisa's ...
The tsunami claimed the lives of over 8,000 people in Thailand. Many remain missing and nearly 400 bodies are unclaimed to this day. Mourners shed tears and comforted each other as they laid ...
Louis Mullan and Paul Murray were caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.
A much higher number of deaths has been suggested for Myanmar based on reports from Thailand. [122] The tsunami caused severe damage and deaths as far as the east coast of Africa, with the furthest recorded fatality directly attributed to the tsunami at Rooi-Els, close to Cape Town, 8,000 km (5,000 mi) from the epicentre. [123]
In Thailand, beach resort tourists comprised about half of the nation’s death toll of 5,000, while in Sri Lanka, nearly 2,000 were killed when the surge swept a passenger train off its rails.
It includes 2004 deaths that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.