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On 26th December 2004, a massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This was followed by one of the most deadly tsunamis of the history that radiated through the Bay of Bengal at a rate of more than 500 km/h and directly impacted the coastal areas of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Reunion, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand (Pilapitiya et al., 2006). The wave was around 10 m high, which led to considerable property damages and loss of life. It was not one of the highest waves like the wave of the I960 tsunami (estimated at 25 m height) in Chile, but killed 1500 persons (Pascual et al., 2009). Sri Lanka was one of the most affected countries, followed by Indonesia, wherein 32,000 people lost their lives or were missing, about 100,000 houses were destroyed and nearly 50,000 houses were suffering damages (Pilapitiya et al., 2006). At the first stage, the population affected by the 2004 Tsunami has been temporarily lodged by their families, neighbors or in special camps built by government or NGOs.
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Jean-Pierre, L., Solidarités Staff. (2010). Impact of 2004 Tsunami on Housing, Sanitation, Water Supply and Wastes Management: The Case of Ampara District in Sri Lanka. In: Jha, M.K. (eds) Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2498-5_3
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