The Tsunami catastrophe that struck Asia on 26 December 2004 is one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. Although the major impact was felt in India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand, several other countries were also affected including Myanmar. More than 250,000 people died and thousands injured. Overall, an estimated 1.5 to 5 million people were directly or indirectly affected. DAMAGE and destruction of infrastructure destroyed people’s livelihoods, and left many homeless and without adequate water, HEALTHCARE facilities and houses.

The killer Tsunami had devastating effect. By the end of the day more than 150,000 people were dead or missing and millions more were homeless in 11 countries, making it perhaps the most DESTRUCTIVE tsunami in history. In India the waves completely leveled villages and devastatedcities along the southeastern coast, resulting in over 9,000 deaths. The vast majority of the casualties took place in the state of Tamil Nadu. Several FISHERMEN villages in Tamil Nadu were completely washed away nearly wiping out the whole population in some areas. Thousands of fishermen lost their boats and other FISHING equipment in the disaster. Nagapattinam district was the worst hit region of Tamil Nadu, accounting for over half of the deaths (5,500) from the tsunami.

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