RPT-FACTBOX-Key facts on the 2004 tsunami
Source: Reuters
(Repeats story that moved at 0000 GMT) (For related story click on [ID:nSGE5BC004] Dec 15 (Reuters) - In December 2004, a magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. Five years later, the United Nations has warned governments in Asia's most catastrophe-prone areas they should set aside one-tenth of their development funds to limit the risk of disaster, especially given the impact of climate change. Here are some numbers related to the 2004 tsunami: * NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED: 13 (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Madagascar, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Bangladesh) * TOLLS: COUNTRY KILLED MISSING TOTAL Indonesia 128,858 37,087 165,945 Sri Lanka 23,231 12,091 35,322 India 12,405 3,874 16,279 Thailand 5,395 2,817 8,212 East Africa* 164 139 303 Maldives 82 26 108 Malaysia 69 5 74 Myanmar 61 0 61 Bangladesh 2 2 -------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 226,306 * INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDPs): COUNTRY TOTAL INDIA - 730,000 INDONESIA - 572,926 SRI LANKA - 516,150 MALDIVES - 11,231 MALAYSIA - 8,000 THAILAND - 6,000 MYANMAR - 3,200 EAST AFRICA - 2,320 ---------------------- TOTALS 1,849,827 * BUILDINGS/HOUSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED: COUNTRY TOTAL Indonesia 179,312 India 157,393 Sri Lanka 119,562 Maldives 6,000 Thailand 4,800 Malaysia 1,500 Myanmar 1,300 ------------------------- TOTAL 469,867 ------------------------- * DAMAGES: COUNTRY Billions of dollars Indonesia 4.5 India 2.6 Sri Lanka 1.5 Maldives 0.5 Thailand 1.6** --------------------- TOTAL 10.7 * COST OF RECOVERY: COUNTRY Billions of dollars Indonesia 5.5 Sri Lanka 2.2 India 2.1 Thailand 0.5 Maldives 0.4 East Africa 0.2 --------------------------- TOTAL 10.9 * AID PLEDGES: * Total aid pledges, including official aid and private donations: around $13.6 billion, more than enough to rebuild. NOTES: * East Africa includes Kenya, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and Madagascar. ** UNDP and Disaster Watch give a figure of $1.6 billion for damages in Thailand. Some other sources have estimated the damage at around $0.35 billion, not including housing. Sources: Reuters Bureaux/Reuters AlertNet/UN/Disasterwatch/BNPB - Indonesia National Disaster Management-Coordination Board/Tsunami Evaluation Coalition/Ministry of Nation Building (Sri Lanka) (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit and Natasha Elkington; Editing by Bill Tarrant) (See "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope", a multimedia web documentary and interactive map -- http://tsunami.trust.org)
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