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IndianOcean Tsunami –Boxing Day 2004: |
-9.0 on the Richter scale, 07:59 local time - Water height of 25m, tsunami warning systems weren’t great in the Indian Ocean– Was a shock |
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Social effects |
-Total estimated deaths/missing of 300,000, many more injured and homeless -1,000deaths in Sri Lanka due to train coming off the tracks -Many hospitals damaged, couldn’t cope with large demand, language problems,medical aid was slow -500,000forced into refugee camps |
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Economic Effects |
- More than 1,500 villages destroyed, tourist infrastructure damaged -Transport and infrastructure damage - Economy suffered, fishing and agriculture business -Total estimated cost of $15 billion – gap between rich and poor increased |
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Responses |
-Red Cross and other charities tried to help, identify and find bodies, 160 aidorganisations - Warning system now in place, more drills and education, hazard maps, arearebuilt |
