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RPT-FACTBOX-Key facts on the 2004 tsunami
15 Dec 2009 12:06:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
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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

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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

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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

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TOTAL 469,867

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* DAMAGES:

COUNTRY Billions

of dollars

Indonesia 4.5

India 2.6

Sri Lanka 1.5

Maldives 0.5

Thailand 1.6**

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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

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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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