The wave surged and rushed. It despatched water as excessive as 160 ft slamming onto land with a drive far outstripping that of an atomic bomb. When the tsunami inundated the coasts of greater than a dozen Indian Ocean nations on Dec. 26, 2004, about 230,000 folks misplaced their lives. Entire communities had been erased. It was the deadliest tsunami in recorded historical past.
No one was resistant to the enormous wave, which was triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Among the lifeless had been fishermen, vacationers, sports activities stars and a prince.
The brunt of the tsunami was felt within the Indonesian province of Aceh, the place 170,000 folks perished. Sri Lanka, India and Thailand had been devastated, too. More than a thousand miles aside, throughout the Indian Ocean, a whole bunch of coastal communities had been united of their grief, and in dealing with years of rebuilding and regrouping.
