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Earthquake Triggers Tidal Waves in Asia, Killing More Than 3,000
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: December 26, 2004


Filed at 8:11 a.m. ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- The world'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 3,800 people in six countries.

Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water up to 20 feet high that swept across the Bay of Bengal, unleashed by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

In Sri Lanka, 1,000 miles west of the epicenter, more than 2,150 people were killed, the prime minister's office said. Indian officials said as many as 1,130 died along the southern coast. At least 408 died on Sumatra from floods and collapsing buildings. Another 168 were confirmed dead in Thailand, 28 in Malaysia and 2 in Bangladesh.

But officials expected the death toll to rise dramatically, with hundreds reported missing and all communications cut off to Sumatran towns closest to the epicenter. Hundreds of bodies were found on various beaches along India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, and more were expected to be washed in by the sea, officials said.

कलकत्ता बन्दरगाह नि डुब्यो कि?
अब नेपालमा मट्टीतेलको लाइन १७ कि मि लामो हुन्छ। माओबादीको बन्दले ३ कि मी लामो थियो रे!

ल पत्रिकालाई टाइटलहरु:

मट्टीतेल प्रतिब्यक्ती हप्ताको १ लिटर!
कुपन बितरणमा धाँदली!
मट्टीतेलको लाइनमा हात हालाहाल!
स्थिती नियन्त्रण गर्न सुरक्षाकर्मिहरुबाट अश्रु ग्यासको प्रहार!

Is there a way to predict comimg Tsunami? Model predictions work well with Tornadoes and Hurricanes. Like, model simulations will show where tornadoes are likely to form, but not where they are exactly going to come down. Similarly, hurricane predictions also are pretty adequate.
Some experts here?

It is catastrophic. Nature ko khel -anything can happen in the blink of eyes. May those soul rest in the peace...

IF,
Was there any impact on China from this earthquake?

First of all my condolences to the family members of the dead. May all the deceased rest in peace.

However, I find it surprising that the appropriate authorities could not act in time to save thousand of lives. From whatever little information I have from the news sites, teh tsunamis travel at around the spped of 500 km/hour. Considering the epicenter of teh quake being thousnd of kms away from India and Srilanka, how did the waves strike without warning? A warning system cud have lessened the bodycount, i think.

Its a shame taht proper mechanism was not in place for early warning system. Can any individual with some knowledge in this field tell what wnet wrong? Thanks.