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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 ...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami occurred on Sunday, December 26, 2004. The earthquake itself, with a moment magnitude of around 9.2-9.3, devastated Aceh Province, Indonesia, while the tsunami affected countries all around the Indian Ocean. Nations which were affected are listed below in alphabetical order.
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.
Louis Mullan and Paul Murray were caught up in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
A Body is being retrieved after few days of ordeal at Nagapattinam on 2 January 2005 A scene of devastation caused by Tsunami waves in Kalapet village near Pondicherry An All Party Meeting to discuss Relief and Rehabilitations Measures of Tsunami Tragedy held in New Delhi on 9 January 2005. This disaster affected a total of fourteen regions. [3]
Although National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii eventually issued warnings of a possible tsunami from the large earthquake off Sumatra, the waves outran notification systems at jet speeds of 500 mph (804 km/h), catching hundreds of thousands of people unaware.
A man who lost his parents in the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami said he and his young brother fought for their lives during the disaster.. Louis Mullan, from Truro, who was 16 at the time ...
On December 26, 2004, an undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a devastating tsunami that. Ten years after their daughter was swept away by a tsunami and written off as dead, an ...