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2. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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   A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, or as the Asian Tsunami, [10] devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries, violently in Aceh , and severely in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu , and Khao Lak ...

3. List of Seconds from Disaster episodes - Wikipedia

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   Nuclear disaster triggered by earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2012 ( 2012-03-11 ) On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan's history, at magnitude 9.0, causes a tsunami off the country's east coast that results in 15,893 deaths, 2,572 missing, and 6,152 injured.

4. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Sri Lanka

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   The train which was struck by the tsunami. Remains of a house near Telwatte, photographed in March 2008. In Ampara District alone, more than 10,000 people died. A holiday train, the "Queen of the Sea", was struck by the tsunami near the village of Telwatta as it travelled between Colombo and Galle carrying at least 1,700 passengers, killing all but a handful on board.

5. 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck - Wikipedia

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   The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,000 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The tsunami subsequently caused ...

6. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

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   Cars struck by the tsunami in Gurney Drive, George Town, Penang. The then-Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, cut short his holiday in Spain after five days of the diplomatic trip to India and returned to Malaysia. He instructed the government to cancel all New Year celebrations and urged all parties, including the private sector ...

7. Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as deaths hit 429

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   SUMUR, Indonesia (AP) — Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting "Water is coming!

8. Indonesian Rescue Workers Struggle to Access Remote Areas ...

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   Search and rescue efforts continued on December 28, after a deadly tsunami swept the Sunda Strait coastal provinces of Banten and Lampung the previous week.The tsunami, believed to have been ...

9. Portal : Indonesia/ST List/SA 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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   The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.