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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 disasters by cost - Wikipedia

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    This is in part due to the difficulty of measuring the financial damage in areas that lack insurance. For example, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, with a death toll of around 230,000 people, cost a 'mere' $15 billion, [1] whereas in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which 11 people died, the damage was six times higher.

  4. Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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    Private Sector: Measuring the extent of individual and corporate philanthropy is more difficult, although the government estimated that donations to tsunami victims reached more than C$230M, with 200M of this available for matching. The federal government created incentives for private donations: it announced that it would match donations ...

  5. Does homeowners insurance cover tsunami damage? - AOL

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    The cost of the damage caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and the resulting tsunamis can be high. ... There is typically a 30-day waiting period between when you purchase coverage and when ...

  6. Indonesia and Thailand mark 20 years of devastating Boxing ...

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    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 ...

  7. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

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    In some areas of Malaysia the tsunami reached 3 km (1.9 mi) inland. [1] Houses in fishing villages along coastal areas were damaged in Batu Ferringhi and Balik Pulau in Penang. Coastal areas in Peninsular Malaysia e.g. 13 villages in Kuala Muda, Kedah and Kuala Triang in Langkawi island were also affected. About a quarter of holiday vessels ...

  8. 20 years later: A look at the deadliest disaster to strike ...

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    On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southeast Asia, triggering the worst tsunami in recorded history. According to United Nations estimates, more than 220,000 people were killed ...

  9. Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Myanmar

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    Official reports from the government of Myanmar (Burma) cite a death toll of 90 due to the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004. [1] However, some estimates put the toll at between 400 and 600.