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Triggered by a massive earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the tsunami unleashed waves reaching up to 30 meters (98 feet) high, leaving behind a trail of unimaginable destruction and loss. Sri Lanka bore the brunt of the tsunami's fury, with estimates placing the death toll at over 30,000 people.
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The Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami happened on December 26th, 2004, also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami. It affected multiple countries in South and Southeast Asia. Specifically in Sri Lanka, at least a million people's lives were profoundly changed and even destroyed.
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At 7:59 AM, a 9.1-magnitude earthquake—one of the largest ever recorded—ripped through an undersea fault in the Indian Ocean, propelling a massive column of water toward unsuspecting shores. The.
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On December 26, 2004, tsunamis swept across the Indian ocean, spawned by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra. Aside from Indonesia, the island nation of Sri Lanka likely suffered the most casualties, with the death toll reported at 21,715 on December 29th.
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Sri Lanka bore the brunt of the tsunami's fury, with estimates placing the death toll at over 30,000 people. What was termed as the world's worst train disaster, the wreckage was evident from.
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The tsunami, which was the most devastating natural disaster in Sri Lanka's history, resulted in losses of over $1 billion in assets and $330 million in potential output, according to government estimates. Approximately 35,000 people died or went missing. The damage included 110,000 houses, of which 70,000 were completely destroyed.
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Sri Lanka was one of the countries struck by the tsunami resulting from the Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26, 2004. On January 3, 2005, Sri Lankan authorities reported 30,000+ confirmed deaths. [1] Many of the dead were adults and the elderly. [clarification needed] The south and east coasts were worst hit. [2]
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A decade ago, one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean. About 228,000 people.
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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 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.
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Sri Lanka recovers seven years after its tsunami 22 March 2011 Evidence of the immense destruction wrought by the tsunami seven years ago still remains By Charles Haviland BBC News, Peraliya
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Indian Ocean tsunami: Sri Lanka 10 years on. In 2004, the deadliest tsunami in recorded history struck in the Indian Ocean, killing over 225,000 people and displacing another 1.7 million.
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A massive tsunami with waves up to 30 m (100 ft) high, known in some countries as the Boxing Day Tsunami after the Boxing Day holiday, devastated communities along the surrounding coasts of the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries in one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.
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24th February 2022, 05:17 PST By Tal Abbady Features correspondent The beach in Hikkaduwa. (Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty) When Tal Abbady first visited the Sri Lankan town of Hikkaduwa, it was.
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Waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 26, 2004. Tsunami waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a.