The document discusses the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It began with a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, generating a tsunami that killed approximately 3 million people across 14 countries. The waves reached heights of 20 stories in some areas, destroying coastal cities and communities. The document shares survivor stories, photos of the destruction, and details about rescue operations in the aftermath of the disaster.

2. TSUNAMI ZONES OF THE WORLD

3. HOW IT HAPPENS

4. TSUNAMI ANATOMY IN VIDEOS
Animation depicting the effect of tsunami in
coastal cities
Epicentre of earthquake

5. PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING A
TSUNAMI

6. This deadly tsunami struck the coast of the Andaman & Nicobar
archipelago on the day after the people joyously celebrated
Christmas in the year 2004. It destroyed the lives of three lakh
people and still lingers in the memory of millions of other survivors.
The wave was enormous, reaching the height of a twenty storied
building.
The tsunami was a result of the largest earthquake on earth with a
magnitude of 9 on the richter scale. The epicentre was in Sumatra in
Indian Ocean.

7. CONSEQUENCES OF THE TSUNAMI IN
PICTURES
Coastal photograph showing before and
after the tsunami in Car Nicobar
Destruction in Chennai
Effect of the 2004 tsunami
on the Nicobar coastline
Destruction caused by the tsunami in
Sri Lanka
The 2004 tsunami
was one of the
largest tsunamis in
the world. An
estimated three
million people lost
their lives and
millions more were
made homeless.
This gallery shows
the effects and
destructions
caused.

8. SURVIVORS AND SAVIOURS
Tilly Smith as a girl aged 10, was credited with saving
nearly a hundred foreign tourists at Maikhao Beach in
Thailand by warning beachgoers minutes before the
arrival of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean
earthquake.
"It wasn't devastation or death that won the day. It was humanity that
triumphed, the shining victory of generosity, courage, love."
— from poem by Naowarat Pongpaiboon
For Patrick Green (pictured right), the terrifying wave
came in a trickle.
He and friend Becky Johnson (pictured left) were in a
hotel elevator, on their way to the beach, where they
planned to get one last hour of Thai sun before heading to
the airport.

9. SURVIVORS AND SAVIOURS (CONTD.)
Outside, a tsunami had crushed the shore, but in the elevator, the only
sign that something was wrong came when the lights flickered and
water began seeping through the doors. "Inhuman, indescribable"
screams then pierced the walls, he recalled Friday.
Story of Patrick Greene contd.
Many people snorkel and dive in Phuket and in
Thailand. So - the odds of people getting caught
before, during and after planned adventures on that
December 26 morning are inevitable!
Saki - a young Japanese lady who is based out of
Hong Kong, was in Phuket - and launched early that
morning to go out to sea. While she was out - the
swells hit - and destruction happened all around her.

10. SURVIVORS AND SAVIOURS (CONTD.)
In her December 30 diary entry - Saki shares a poem that summarizes
what many of the "witnesses" felt to the event...
When I am with others, I smile.
I am okay. Don't worry about me.
When I am alone, I cry uncontrollably.
I don't know why. I am okay.
I can feel the sadness, the anger, the hurt.
Not mine. But theirs. Of the rest of the world.
I am sad, angry, and hurt - because they feel.
The lost souls, worried families, parted lovers.

11. RESCUE OPERATIONS AFTER TSUNAMI
After any natural calamity the most
important task is of the rescue operators to
rescue the survivors in time. Every minute
passing by for the trapped survivors are
critical for them and the rescuers take the
responsibility of saving their lives.
In the 2004 tsunami the Indian Navy took up
a challenging rescue operation which they
called ‘Operation Madad’. They were
successful as they managed to rescue
almost one lakh people. Both by air and sea
was the operation undertaken.