Title: Tsunami Hits Thailand & South East Asia!
Added: Oct 8, 2007
Author: aliceangel7
Duration: 7:43
Description:
Dedicated to all 2004 December 26th Boxing Day Tsunami Victims, families,those injured, and those otherwise affected.
The terrible devastation and the aftermath of this catastrophe caught on tape. The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the north-west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It killed 230,000 people in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, 170,000 of them in Indonesia's Aceh province alone.
Sri Lanka and Thailand were severely impacted by the tsunami on December 26, 2004. Tsunami Thailand 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Surprisingly, some islands right in the middle of the tsunami were not badly affected. It turns out their atolls, or coral reefs, absorbed much of the wave. The coral ridges protected them. In many regions of the Asian waters, there is a practice some fishermen use, of dynamiting the natural coral reefs to bring up fish. These barriers to the tsunami were no longer in place to deflect the water.
The disaster promoted a global outpouring of sympathy, with governments, individuals and corporations pledging more than $13 billion in aid. According to UN database, nearly two years after donors pledged billions to help the victims only half the money had been spent. Of the half a million people left homeless by the disaster, only a third have been permanently rehoused.
The public response to the tsunami was very untypical. A combination of events - the dramatic nature of the huge wave, its occurrence at Christmas, the size of the disaster, the fact that so many Westerners died, the availability of spectacular video footage and the extensive TV coverage that secured - meant that the global public gave far more than ever before. The money went to aid agencies that were too small to mastermind such a mammoth task. Oxfam has spent more than $280 million on disaster recovery work and is now more than three-quarters of the way through its response plan. Aid workers have helped more than 2.3 million people across seven countries to get back into their homes.Despite the outpouring of generosity from aid agencies and individuals, recipient countries say pledges by some governments have still not been honoured.
The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing more than 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
The disaster is known by the scientific community as the Great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,and is also known as the Asian Tsunami and the Boxing Day Tsunami. Thailand: 5,393 confirmed dead, 3,071 missing. Many of the missing are presumed dead. Maldives: 82 dead, 26 missing.
Sri Lanka, which was second hardest hit by the catastrophe, stood at 30,957, according to the Centre for National Operations. The number of people listed as missing was 5637. In India, the official death toll was 10,749 with 5640 still reported missing and feared dead.
The latest disaster to hit Asia, Cyclone Nargis struck May 2008, bringing winds of up 120mph and flooding to the badly affected Irrawaddy Delta region, Burma Myanmar. The cyclone had left twice as many people vulnerable as the 2004 Asian tsunami.
Channel: Travel
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Youtube Comments: 2933
birdandthe Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - a workmate of mine was out on a diving trip 5 miles out to sea (thailand) the people on the boat felt a slight up and down movement in a calm sea, but it was nothing special, the divers underwater were tossed around when the energy wave passed. They returned to shore two hours later to see the beach and village covered with bodies.
BlackMetalWarewolf Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - @birdandthe I know about this, its probably how he got into the situation where he was just staring at it in the first place.
izasaros Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - @birdandthe - Are these triggered by just earthquakes or other weather conditions as well?
SolalChabauty Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - @birdandthe Ok.
pancholo767 Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - poor guy at 1:16
77syzygy Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - @izasaros Jesus Christ on a crutch, man! You're asking these type of questions regarding a well understood phenomena called a tsunami 6yrs after the event? Goddamn it, look it up. That's what the Internet is for! Wiki, Google, Yahoo, whatever! It's free for christ's sake! Take 5 mins, look it up, self educate! Don't ask complete strangers obvious, idiotic questions, goddamn it! Figure it out for yourself, lazy ass!
izasaros Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @77syzygy - Ok genius no need for the swearing. I think EVERYONE knows the main cause of Tsunamis, but they are caused by other weather conditions besides earthquakes which most people don't even think of. And sure I can look this up because why would I need you as a souorce of information. So don't get smart because BODY BAGS COME IN YOUR SMALL SIZE TOO!
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros Ok, I'll try one more time. Weather has absolutely nothing to do with tsunamis! Look it up. The test is this Friday. Btw, is this your 1st time on YT? You call goddamn swearing? You're more ignorant than I 1st thought, goddamn it! Also, genius, check your spelling next time, genius> It's source, not souorce. Wait a second, what was I thinking? Using spellcheck is as difficult as looking up the "source" of tsunamis on Wiki or Google, goddamn it! Hee, hee, that was pretty funny, syzygy.
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros You sound angry my son! So what your saying is that an intellectual critique of your ignorance & laziness causes you to sucumbe to inner anger by wishing that a complete stranger should die because your pride was hurt? Rage much? Wouldn't want be the one that cuts you off on the freeway as I'm sure someone of your ilk packs heat in the glove box! Instead of wasting your time & energy on me, look up tsunamis. Don't forget, the test is on Friday! Hee, hee, another good one syzygy!
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros Oops, I should have checked the profile before of his genius obsessed w/ body bags & death! His idea of funny entertainment is a picture of a donkey on a beach w/ an erection standing if front of some girls. Now I get it what this moron is all about!
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros So predictable, I did that for your benefit. I see you're slowly coming around to being less lazy by looking up words you've never seen before. Apparently my job here is done. Enjoy that donkey video. One last question. Is that inner rage of yours predicated on a life long rejection by women, men maybe? America wants to know. Remember to study for Friday's test.
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros How do even know if I'm a guy, my son? Tell you what, for extra credit & no more making fun of you, look up what causes tsunamis, mega tsunamis, etc right now, report back, & we'll call it a success.
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros 3 reasons: #1. Knowledge becomes indelible in one's mind when you spend the time & effort to look something up. #2. This diatribe began w/ me advising you to look up tsunamis in the 1st place, that's what pissed you off. I can't change the MO midstream. #3. It's hella interesting! Come on, look it up! Make syzygy happy. You won't regret it, I promise. At least hopefully by now you know they're not caused by weather.
77syzygy Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @izasaros Hey, what's this about removing your erudite comment?
semikell Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - Its not video for voting.This video is sad,and i cry for people who dying in this tsuname...condolence.(Sorry for my English,i am from Russia)
brie74 Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @BlackMetalWarewolf you are right...it is so bizar and skincrawling to watch that..I wonder if they will ever know who that person was...maybe silly to say but still.... Watching this, alot goes through your mind ...imagine his thoughts as it struck him... So so sad what happened there...
77syzygy Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @izasaros Hey Izzy, hope you're studying!
izasaros Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @77syzygy - Oh you again? Yeah, I'm always studying something, sometimes of no consequence at all.
77syzygy Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @izasaros What, you think I forgot? Remember, you can still get that extra credit if you answer the tsunami questions before Friday!
izasaros Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @77syzygy - I think we're done here, son.
77syzygy Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @izasaros No my son, no. Don't give up. I was just starting to have fun.
SergioWW1WW2 Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @77syzygy pobre weon!!! madura un poco ...
SergioWW1WW2 Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - @mesaprofa hahahahaah
77syzygy Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - @SergioWW1WW2 Tin marin de dos pingue, cucarra, macarra, titere fue!
birdandthe Says:
Aug 30, 2010 - @SolalChabauty its simple, no tsunami warning, when the wave was half a mile away it was not big and would look nothing that special just a larger wave, this wave had travelled 1000 miles plus underwater and only starts to form when the sea shallows, water is forced up by the energy and does not reach maximum height until last few seconds, too late to run if your on the beach.