THE TSUNAMI JOB2DO
The year 2004 was witness to one of the greatest tragedies of humankind -- the great tsunami that wiped out civilization in many parts of South East Asia. The force of the tsunami was so strong,it moved the earth off its axle.Thousands were rendered homeless, and many lost their loved ones. The list below are the statistics of the horrors of the tsunami. The human suffering can still be felt today. Spare a moment of thought for the victims of the tsunami;and for those who have suffered in other
natural disasters and tsunamis.He sings of what it meant to him,his home destroyed forever:the heart of the community ripped apart.He lost friends there and this was his personal tribute and thoughts.
This is for all those people who lost so much; to a lady who lost her husband and baby;she finally went back and washed the sand with her tears:and it goes out to brothers who started again and have a drawing of a tree in their small eatery where people can write whatever they like..they lost their whole family and the tree symbolised growth from seedlings.Below are some facts and statistics of that awful time. A big thanks to the collator and source of this data.
A Brief Overview of the Disaster by Countries.
On 26 Dec 2004, 00:58:53 UTC (7:58:53 am local time), a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The epi-centre was located under sea water at 3.32 N 95.85 E. This is the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900. The earthquake generated tsunamis which swept across the Indian Ocean within hours. Which affected 12 countries and took 186,983 lives. Hundreds of thousands of persons were displaced and over 3 million persons were affected, half of whom lost their sources of livelihood. The tsunami had the greatest impact on rural coastal communities, many of which were already poor and vulnerable and had few livelihood options. The hardest-hit and most severely affected countries were India, Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Malaysia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia and the United Republic of Tanzania were also affected.
India
Displaced 650,000
Dead 16,389
Missing Not specified
Injured 6913
Housing Destroyed/Damaged 100,000
Total Damage and Losses (in USD) 2.1 billion
Note Total affected: 654,512 people
Indonesia
Displaced 532,898 homeless
Dead 165,708
Missing Not specified
Injured Not specified
Housing Destroyed/Damaged Not specified
Total Damage and Losses (in USD) 4451.6 million
Note Total affected: 523,898
Maldives
Displaced 13000 homeless
Dead 102
Missing Not specified
Injured 2214
Housing Destroyed/Damaged Not specified
Total Damage and Losses ( in USD) 470.1 million
Note Total affected: 27,214
Sri Lanka
Displaced 480,000
Dead 35,399
Missing Not specified
Injured 23176
Housing Destroyed/Damaged 114,069
Total Damage and Losses (in USD) 1316.5 million
Note Total affected:1,019,306
Thailand
Displaced Not specified
Dead 8,345
Missing Not specified
Injured 8,457
Housing Destroyed/Damaged 4,806
Total Damage and Losses ( in USD) 405.2 million
Note Total affected:67,007
Myanmar
Displaced Not specified
Dead 71
Missing Not specified
Injured Not specified
Housing Destroyed/Damaged Not specified
Total Damage and Losses (in USD) 500 million
Note Total Affected: 12,500
Somaliya
Displaced Not specified
Dead 298
Missing Not specified
Injured 283
Housing Destroyed/Damaged Not specified
Total Damage and Losses ( in USD) 100 million
Note Total affected: 105, 083
And this song goes out to all those whose lives have forever been changed by untold tragedy and horror..it was just another day.