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12/26/2004 -
Tsunami Indian Ocean was an
9.0 Earthquake Near Indonesia
This is the fourth
largami caused more casualties than
any other in recorded history.
In total, more than 157,577 people
were killed, 26,763 are still listed
as missing and 1,075,350 were
displaced in South Asia and East
Africa. At least 110,229 people were
killed by the earthquake and tsunami
in Indonesia. Tsunamis killed at
least 30,922 people in Sri Lanka,
10,749 in India, 5,303 in Thailand,
150 in Somalia, 81 in Maldives, 68 in
Malaysia, 59 in Myanmar, 10 in
Tanzania, 3 in Seychelles, 2 in
Bangladesh and 1 in Kenya. Tsunamis
caused damage in Madagascar and
Mauritius and also occurred in
Mozambique, South Africa, Australia
and Antarctica. The tsunami crossed
into the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
and was recorded in New Zealand and
along the west and east coasts of
South and North America. The
earthquake was felt (VIII) at Banda
Aceh and (V) at Medan, Sumatra and
(II-IV) in parts of Bangladesh,
India, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar,
Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Subsidence and landslides were
observed in Sumatra. A mud volcano
near Baratang, Andaman Islands began
erupting on December 28.
| Sri Lanka
Tsunami Statistics (as on 21
Feb 05) |
| Confirmed
fatalities: |
31,147 |
| Confirmed
injured:
|
23,059 |
| Missing: |
4,115 |
| Confirmed
displaced: |
546,509 |
| Number of
relief camps: |
262 |
12/25/2004
- Snowfall in Victoria, TX [view image]
Snow covered along the
Gulf in Texas! This was the first
white Christmas in Galveston, Texas since
the 1800's.
09/13-16/2004
- Hurricane Ivan -/ Category 3 hurricane -
Hurricane
Ivan generated a 27 m high storm wave
considered to be the highest and most
intense ever registered in
history, according to
scientists from the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) who conducted an aerial
photographic survey on the path and
impact of the destructive hurricane.
One of the most damaging hurricanes
to affect the extreme western Florida
Panhandle in modern history.
Statistics
Effected areas:
Western Panhandle of Florida and
Alabama Gulf Coast
Death toll- 14
Injuries - 1
Category - "3" at
landfall
