Thu Dec 26 2013
This photo taken December 26th, 2004 in Penang, Malaysia, shows a car pushed up over a concrete barrier following a tsunami that hit the region after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the neighboring Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed after being swept away by massive waves that hit Malaysia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka following the deadly quake.
This photo taken December 26, 2004 in Penang, Malaysia, show rows of boats and debris littering the streets following a tsunami that hit the region after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the neighboring Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed after being swept away by massive waves that hit Malaysia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka following the deadly quake.
Zulkifli Mohamad Nor, 42, trying hard to hold back his tears after describing how the killer waves killed five of his seven children in Pasir Panjang, Penang. Zulkifli had only managed to save his wife and one-year old child in the incident, while his daughter, Siti Fairuz, 15, also survived the incident. The 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami had claimed over 25,000 lives in the south and southeast region of Asia.
The scene at Marina beach in Madras on December 26, 2004, after a tsunami had hit region. Massive waves had caused devastation along the southern Indian coastline, killing 1,000 people, the home minister said, warning that the grim death toll was expected to rise. Disaster struck just after dawn as a huge earthquake in Indonesia sent a tsunami crashing westwards, sweeping men, women and children out to sea.
An aerial view of Marina beach, Madras in India after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami swept the coastline. The devastating tsunami drove the ocean more than 2,000 meters inland. The countries worst hit by the tsunami were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
A Thai resident walks among debris washed away from resorts close to the shoreline of Khao Lak beach on December 30, 2004. The world was left speechless with Indonesia's Aceh province bearing the brunt followed by Sri Lanka with 38,195 people dead, India at 16,000 while Thailand recorded 5,300 deaths.
Survivors look on at the damage caused by a tsunami that had hit Phuket island, Thailand on December 26, 2004. The world was left speechless with Indonesia's Aceh province bearing the brunt followed by Sri Lanka with 38,195 people dead, India at 16,000 while Thailand recorded 5,300 deaths.
People walking among the debris in Phuket town centre, Thailand on December 28, 2004. The earthquake, followed by the tsunami, was felt simultaneously in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and the Maldives. It was also the fourth strongest earthquake recorded in the world since 1900, generating waves up to 10 meters high in some places.
Thai rescue workers search through the water of the flooded basement for dead bodies at the Sea Pearl Beach hotel resort along Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand on December 29, 2004. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake statistics were horrifying 226,000 dead in 13 countries, across two continents.
The central bus terminal in Galle, Sri Lanka on December 27, 2004, destroyed after tsunami tidal waves lashed more than half of Sri Lankas coastline. The earthquake, followed by the tsunami, was felt simultaneously in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and the Maldives. It was also the fourth strongest earthquake recorded in the world since 1900, generating waves up to 10 meters high in some places.
An aerial shot of Galle district, Sri Lanka on December 27, 2004 show boats lying on a road after being washed up from the sea by a tsunami that struck the south western coast of the country. Indonesias Aceh province bore the brunt of the devastation followed by Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
Residents swift through the trail of destruction along the coastal railway line in the southern Sri Lankan town of Lunawa on December 26, 2004 after tsunami tidal waves lashed more than half of Sri Lanka's coastline. In 2004, the only warning system in place in the Indian Ocean region to alert people to an impending onslaught of a natural disaster was through World War Two style sirens. This meant that data took hours to analyse, which was why the tsunami was only detected after it had moved 2,000 meters inland.
An aerial view from an Australian C-130 Hercules helicopter of Meulaboh, Indonesia which was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004. Indonesias Aceh province bore the brunt of the disaster with 166,000 people killed, followed by Sri Lanka with 38,195 people dead, India at 16,000 while Thailand recorded 5,300 deaths.
Residents in Banda Aceh carrying away the body of a dead relative the day after a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake flattened the area. 226,000 people were killed in 13 countries across two continents with 166,000 confirmed deaths in Indonesia alone and almost 2 million people displaced.
Residents of Banda Aceh walk through a scene of destruction on December 27, 2004 following a devastating quake and series of tidal waves that struck the province. The earthquake, followed by the tsunami, was felt simultaneously in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore and the Maldives. It was also the fourth strongest earthquake recorded in the world since 1900, generating waves up to 10 meters high in some places.
A scene of devastation surrounds the Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh on December 27, 2004 after a devastating quake and series of tidal waves struck the province. The cascading walls of water also struck shores in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Malaysia among others. The epicentre of the main earthquake was approximately 160 km, in the Indian Ocean just north of Simeulue island, off the western coast of northern Sumatra.
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