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Tsunami

I was thinking about natural disasters in South Asia, and the only one that came to mind was the tsunami that took place on December 26, 2004 as a result of a massive earthquake in the Southeast Asia region. The tsunami affected the entire region with the injuries and thousands upon thousands of deaths. This website contains a map showing the shock waves from the earthquake. The shock waves travel practically all the way to the coast of Africa. The east coast of India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives would have been severely damaged. It is scary to think about the problems this caused especially since the South Asian region is so strongly affected by heavy rainfall.

TSUNAMI

posted by Anonymous @ 5/26/2006 10:08:00 AM