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A woman who survived the Boxing Day tsunami 20 years ago said the disaster has given her an "extraordinary purpose" in life. Clare Allen, who lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, was on holiday in Sri ...
Rachel Hearson says it was a "miracle" she found a "pocket of air" and managed to survive the catastrophic tsunami that swept through the Indian Ocean, including the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand ...
A Whatcom County resident survived the deadliest tsunami in recorded history when she was just 13 years old. Now, 19 years after the disaster, ... “Surviving A Tsunami At Thirteen: A Memoir ...
"The wave came in and just took her, it just took her away." On Boxing Day 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that raced towards shorelines around the Indian Ocean.
Common survival measures include storing food and water for an emergency, and educating individuals what to do during an earthquake. [1] Mitigating measures can include firmly securing large items of furniture (such as bookcases and large cabinets), TV and computer screens that may otherwise fall over in an earthquake.
Wave: Life and Memories after the Tsunami is a memoir by the Sri Lankan educator Sonali Deraniyagala about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was first published in 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf . [ 3 ]
A tsunami-proof building is a purposefully designed building which will, through its design integrity, withstand and survive the forces of a tsunami wave or extreme storm surge. It is hydrodynamically shaped to offer protection from high waves. This thus causes the building to be dubbed 'tsunami-proof'.
For those who live and vacation along the coastal Pacific Northwest, surviving a tsunami that comes 15 to 30 minutes after an earthquake depends on how quickly they can reach high ground. But ...