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PHOTOS: Tsunamis sweep Asia in tide of destruction
27 Dec 2004 14:29:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet

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
REF: CUD20D



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
REF: PHU80D2



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
REF: ACE05D



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
REF: CUD21D



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
REF: CUD12D



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
REF: TEW09



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
REF: PHU73D2



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
REF: PHU78D2



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
REF: CUD100D



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
REF: ACE03D



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
REF: TEW20



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
REF: CUD24D



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
REF: TEW13



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
REF: PHU76D2



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
REF: PHU81D2





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