Disastrous scenes in Phuket
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Witness accounts from people who saw the huge waves triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian coast.
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An unprecedented tsunami tossed cars around like toys on Thailand&#39;s southern tourist playground and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket island, killing at least 120 people in the region, officials say.
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PHUKET, Thailand -- Thousands of European tourists were beginning their day with breakfast or by sunning themselves on Thailand's white sand beaches when massive waves triggered by an earthquake swept people, bungalows, boats, and cars out to sea.
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SINGAPORE : The tsunamis that destroyed homes and beaches around Asia also wrecked countless holidays and disrupted travel plans. And for those caught in the thick of the action, it would be one trip they are not likely to forget.
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BANGKOK : Western tourists who survived giant waves that struck Thailand&#39;s shores at the weekend have been astounded by the generosity of locals grappling with their own massive destruction and loss of life.
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A Briton living in Thailand today told how survivors of the sea surges which have wrecked the countryâs southern tourist resorts had to tread over bodies to escape.
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We believe that death toll is now between 600 and 800 in Thailand, but there appear to be hundreds of people missing. In Phang Nga, 100km north of Phuket, local authorities are saying that bodies are lying
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Fears were growing today for tourists who were diving off Thailand when the earthquake struck. Two divers are reported to have drowned off the Thai coast and 40 more are thought to be
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Thousands of European tourists were begining their day with breakfast or by sunning themselves on Thailand&#39;s white sand beaches when massive waves triggered by an earthquake, swept people, bungalows, boats and cars out to sea.
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Thai rescuers load empty coffins to be sent to Phuket at Bangkok military airport Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers converged on beaches and islands Monday to search for survivors of earthquake-spawned tidal
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The human impact of the tsunami disaster in sound and pictures.
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An airliner skids off the runway and bursts into flames in Phuket, bringing tragedy to a tourism-dependent nation already troubled by a military coup and sporadic violence
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A low-fare jet carrying many foreign tourists crashed in heavy rain on the resort island of Phuket and broke apart on Sunday afternoon.
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A passenger plane heading to one of Thailand's leading tourist destinations crashed Sunday as it tried to land in heavy rain, splitting in two as it was engulfed in flames, officials said. As many as 100 people were feared dead.
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Thailand struggled yester-day to evacuate thousands of traumatised foreign tourists from its once thriving holiday island of Phuket and other popular islands and beach resorts devastated by Sunday&#39;s tsunamis.
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BRITISH EMBASSY officials travelled to Phuket last night to set up an emergency base for tourists stranded on resorts on Thailandâs west coast that have been devastated at the height of the tourist season.
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BANGKOK - With the staggering numbers of dead and injured from the tsunami that struck South and Southeast Asia last weekend continuing to rise, the tragedy is quickly turning into one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.