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Kevin Hay - BBC News, South West December 26, 2024 at 1:08 AM The start of the clearing-up process in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami [PA Media]
It is 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 230,000 people on Boxing Day. ... BBC News. December 5, 2024 at 10:20 PM ... Twenty years on from the Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami ...
The tsunami was noticed as far as Struisbaai in South Africa, about 8,500 km (5,300 mi) away, where a 1.5-metre-high (5 ft) tide surged on shore about 16 hours after the earthquake. It took a relatively long time to reach Struisbaai at the southernmost point of Africa, probably because of the broad continental shelf off South Africa and because ...
South Africa: The South African government's official financial contribution to tsunami relief consisted of coordinated aid to the Maldives. This included the sending of a freighter with South African helicopters and crew, as well as emergency supplies.
A Whatcom County resident survived the deadliest tsunami in recorded history when she was just 13 years old. Now, 19 years after the disaster, she’s telling her story. Monica Connelly was ...
By 26 January 2005 the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation had traced the whereabouts of all 2,896 South Africans who were known to have been in South East Asia at the time of the disaster. This includes those confirmed dead. [16] South Korea: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported 17 dead and 3 missing. Spain
A tsunami advisory in the Bay Area region occurred after the Hunga Tonga volcano erupted causing a tsunami and deadly waves that killed four people and injured others on the island of Tonga in ...
A 3-metre (9.8 ft) tsunami caused moderate damage to the port and airport facilities on Simeulue, and a 2-metre (6.6 ft) tsunami was recorded on the west coast of Nias. [21] Much smaller waves, most detectable only in tide gauge recording systems, were recorded across the Indian Ocean; for example, a 0.21m wave was recorded at Colombo , Sri Lanka .