Featured here are images of the physical devastation caused by the tsunamis that hit South East Asia where upturned cars and flattened homes are seen along with whole streets flooded and strewn with debris.
An Indian man holds his head as he sits
atops the ruins of his house destroyed
in a tsunami in Cuddalore, some 180 km
south of the southern Indian city of
Madras, December 27, 2004. Soldiers
searched for bodies in treetops,
families wept over the dead laid on
beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles
for missing tourists as Asia counted the
cost on Monday of a tidal wave triggered
by an earthquake that killed tens of
thousands. REUTERS/Arko
Datta
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A Thai man looks at the ruins left after
a tidal wave hit the resort of Pathong
beach, near Phuket, December 27, 2004.
One of the most powerful earthquakes in
history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a
tsunami which devastated coastal areas
of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and
tourist isles in Thailand. REUTERS/Luis
Enrique
Ascui
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A view of the damage near Baiturrahman
mosque December 27, 2004 after a tsunami
hit the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh on
Sunday. Soldiers searched for bodies in
treetops, families wept over the dead
laid on beaches and rescuers scoured
coral isles for missing tourists as Asia
counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami
that killed thousands. REUTERS/
Beawiharta
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An Indian man holds his head as he sits
atop the debris of his house that was
destroyed in a tsunami on Sunday in
Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south of
the southern Indian city of Madras
December 27, 2004. Soldiers searched for
bodies in treetops, families wept over
the dead laid on beaches and rescuers
scoured coral isles for missing tourists
as Asia counted the cost on Monday of a
tidal wave triggered by an earthquake
that killed tens of thousands. REUTERS/
Arko
Datta
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A man reacts next to a building that was
destroyed when a tsunami hit on Sunday
in Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south
of the southern Indian city of Madras
December 27, 2004. India's weather
bureau on Monday warned that more
tsunamis could strike the coast over the
next couple of days but said they would
be smaller than the giant tidal wave
triggered by an earthquake that killed
thousands around Asia. REUTERS/Arko
Datta
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Buildings damaged by a tsunami are
visible along a street in Galle, Sri
Lanka December 27, 2004. Wailing
relatives scrambled over hundreds of
bodies piled in a Sri Lankan hospital on
Monday, searching for loved ones after a
tidal wave triggered by an earthquake
devastated coastal regions of the
paradise island. REUTERS/Thomas
White
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A street is flooded after a tsunami hit
the Sri Lankan town of Hikkaduwa
December 26, 2004. Wailing relatives
scrambled over hundreds of bodies piled
in a Sri Lankan hospital on Monday,
searching for loved ones after a tidal
wave triggered by an earthquake
devastated coastal regions of the
paradise island. REUTERS/
Stringer
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A Thai man carries possesions from the
ruins left after devastation caused by
tidal waves at Pathong beach, near
Phuket, December 27, 2004. One of the
most powerful earthquakes in history hit
Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
which devastated coastal areas of Sri
Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist
isles in Thailand. REUTERS/Luis
Enrique
Ascui
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A Thai man looks a cars wrecked after a
tidal wave hit Pathong beach, near
Phuket, December 27, 2004. One of the
most powerful earthquakes in history hit
Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
which devastated coastal areas of Sri
Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist
isles in Thailand. REUTERS/Luis
Enrique
Ascui
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An Indian man walks by a damaged house
hit by a tsunami in Cuddalore, 180 km (
112 miles) south of the southern Indian
city of Madras December 27, 2004. One of
the most powerful earthquakes in history
hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
which devastated coastal areas of Sri
Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist
isles in Thailand. REUTERS/Punit
Paranjpe
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A scene of the damage in front of the
Baiturrahman mosque that was caused by a
tsunami that hit the Indonesian city of
Banda Aceh December 27, 2004. Soldiers
searched for bodies in treetops,
families wept over the dead laid on
beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles
for missing tourists as Asia counted the
cost on Monday of a tidal wave triggered
by an earthquake that killed tens of
thousands. REUTERS/
Beawiharta
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Survivors survey the damage after a
tsunami hit the Sri Lankan town of
Hikkaduwa December 26, 2004. Wailing
relatives scrambled over hundreds of
bodies piled in a Sri Lankan hospital on
Monday, searching for loved ones after a
tidal wave triggered by an earthquake
devastated coastal regions of the
paradise island. REUTERS/
Stringer
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Survivors survey the damage to their
house that was destroyed when a tsunami
hit on Sunday in Cuddalore, 180 km (112
miles) south of the southern Indian city
of Madras December 27, 2004. Soldiers
searched for bodies in treetops,
families wept over the dead laid on
beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles
for missing tourists as Asia counted the
cost on Monday of a tidal wave triggered
by an earthquake that killed tens of
thousands. REUTERS/Arko
Datta
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A damaged car and debris are seen after
a tsunami hit the Sri Lankan town of
Hikkaduwa December 26, 2004. Wailing
relatives scrambled over hundreds of
bodies piled in a Sri Lankan hospital on
Monday, searching for loved ones after a
tidal wave triggered by an earthquake
devastated coastal regions of the
paradise island. REUTERS/
Stringer
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People walk past ruins left after
devastation caused by tidal waves at
Pathong beach, near Phuket, December 27,
2004. One of the most powerful
earthquakes in history hit Asia on
Sunday, unleashing a tsunami which
devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka,
India, Indonesia and tourist isles in
Thailand. REUTERS/Luis Enrique
Ascui
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Thai men walk with their belongings
after devastation caused by tidal waves,
in Pathong beach, near Phuket, December
27, 2004. One of the most powerful
earthquakes in history hit Asia on
Sunday, unleashing a tsunami which
devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka,
India, Indonesia and tourist isles in
Thailand. REUTERS/Luis Enrique
Ascui
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