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Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing
Day Tsunami Victims, those injured, and those
otherwise affected.
The terrible devastation and the aftermath of
this catastrophe cuaght on tape. Sri Lanka
and Thailand were severely impacted by the
tsunami on December 26, 2004. Tsunami
Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean 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.
Surprisingly, some islands right in the
middle of the tsunami were not badly
affected. It turns out their atolls, or coral
reefs, absorbed much of the wave. The coral
ridges protected them. In many regions of the
Asian waters, there is a practice some
fishermen use, of dynamiting the natural
coral reefs to bring up fish. These barriers
to the tsunami were no longer in place to
deflect the water.
The disaster promoted a global outpouring of
sympathy, with governments, individuals and
corporations pledging more than $13 billion
in aid. According to UN database, nearly two
years after donors pledged billions to help
the victims only half the money had been
spent. Of the half a million people left
homeless by the disaster, only a third have
been permanently rehoused.
The public response to the tsunami was very
untypical. A combination of events - the
dramatic nature of the huge wave, its
occurrence at Christmas, the size of the
disaster, the fact that so many Westerners
died, the availability of spectacular video
footage and the extensive TV coverage that
secured - meant that the global public gave
far more than ever before. The money went to
aid agencies that were too small to
mastermind such a mammoth task. Oxfam has
spent more than $280 million on disaster
recovery work and is now more than
three-quarters of the way through its
response plan. Aid workers have helped more
than 2.3 million people across seven
countries to get back into their
homes.Despite the outpouring of generosity
from aid agencies and individuals, recipient
countries say pledges by some governments
have still not been honoured.
The earthquake triggered a series of
devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most
landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean,
killing more than 225,000 people in eleven
countries, and inundating coastal communities
with waves up to 30 meters With a magnitude
of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second
largest earthquake ever recorded on a
seismograph. This earthquake had the longest
duration of faulting ever observed, between
8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire
planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5
inches) and triggered other earthquakes as
far away as Alaska.
The disaster is known by the scientific
community as the Great Sumatra-Andaman
earthquake,and is also known as the Asian
Tsunami and the Boxing Day Tsunami. Thailand:
5,395 dead, 2,993 missing. Many of the
missing are presumed dead. Maldives: 82 dead,
26 missing.
The latest disater to hit Asia, Cyclone
Nargis struck May 2008, bringing winds of up
120mph and flooding to the badly affected
Irrawaddy Delta region, Burma Myanmar. The
cyclone had left twice as many people
vulnerable as the 2004 Asian tsunami.
Tags : Tsunami Thailand Wave Destruction Video Footage South East Asia 海啸 Sri Lanka Christmas Boxing day |
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