Event
Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004
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Details
- What
- Waves from the earthquake struck the coasts of Sri Lanka among other countries, according to Ada Derana
- Toll
- Ada Derana said in 2020 that Sri Lanka had over 40,000 fatalities; a Daily Mirror column cites a report of 31 December 2004 that gave 28,508 killed and 5,023 missing and presumed dead
Connections (3)
- Indian Ocean earthquake, 26 December 2004 / Followed by waves that struck Sri Lanka / Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004
- Describes the magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra on Sunday morning, 26 December 2004, and says a series of waves then ravaged the coasts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.26 Dec 2020 · Ada Derana · Two-minute silence in remembrance of 2004 Tsunami victims
- Disaster Management Centre / Marked the 16th anniversary with a two-minute silence, 26 December 2020 / Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004
- Reports that the Disaster Management Center said a two-minute silence would be observed island-wide at 9.25 a.m. to commemorate those who died. The article says Sri Lanka was one of the hardest-hit countries with over 40,000 fatalities; it does not give a source for that figure.26 Dec 2020 · Ada Derana · Two-minute silence in remembrance of 2004 Tsunami victims
- Disaster management centre loss report, 31 December 2004 / Recorded 28,508 killed and 5,023 missing, 31 December 2004 / Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004
- A Daily Mirror column says Sri Lanka’s national disaster management centre issued a report on 31 December 2004 giving 28,508 people killed, 5,023 missing and presumed dead, 12,482 injured and 899,408 displaced from 215,804 families, and that 79,100 dwellings were destroyed. It calls the tsunami the single biggest tragedy caused by nature in post-independence Sri Lanka.20 Dec 2014 · Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) · How Sri Lankans United Briefly After the 2004 Tsunami