Tidal Waves Kill More Than 2,200 in Asia
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 2,200 people in five countries.
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A view of the main bus stand that was destroyed by tidal waves at Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004. Some 44,000 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa&#39;s
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People call for help after tidal waves destroyed their homes and left them stranded in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive sea waves, apparently triggered by oceanic earthquakes, crashed into
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Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Asia as far as 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) away, killing more than 11,000 people.
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BANGKOK  - Some 4,086 people are listed as missing in Thailand after tidal waves struck six southern provinces at the weekend, the interior ministry said.
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Surging waves triggered by a huge earthquake strike several Asian  countries, killing more than 500 people.
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Dozens of casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.
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Thousands of Europeans were holidaying in the tourist draws of southern Asia when the huge tidal waves slammed popular beaches and hotels, and early reports indicated some were dead and scores were missing in a ...
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An uprooted tree lies on the beach as damaged buildings of Indian Air Force officers, where more than 100 people reportedly were killed by tidal waves, is seen in background, in Nicobar, in India&#39;s southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Wednesday, Dec.
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RESCUERS were today scouring flood-ravaged coasts across Asia after tidal waves killed at least 15,000 people. The death toll is still rising rapidly more than 24 hours after the world&#39;s strongest quake in 40 years.
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PARIS - The giant, deadly waves of seawater that crashed through coastal towns in Asia and parts of east Africa last weekend are commonly called tidal waves, but that term is not strictly correct, say scientists, who prefer the word tsunami.
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The world&#39;s largest earthquake for 40 years has swept a tidal wave across the Indian Ocean killings thousands in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 3,000 people in five countries.
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A massive earthquake off northern Indonesia unleashed giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia, leaving at least 196 people dead and hundreds more missing.
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The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in more than 50 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing thousands across five countries.
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Tidal waves caused by 4th-largest quake in a century hit Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka the hardest. Scenes of damage from the tidal waves that struck thousands of miles apart from Asia to western Africa: at
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Huge casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.