The Asian Tsunami

Liz lives in Bangkok, but although she was on the coast on 26th December when the Tsunami struck, she was on the East coast and was totally unaffected and new nothing of it until reading about it.  People in Bangkok at the time did feel the earthquake.  Jenny writes:

Members of our school community were actually there and one family lost their twins in the disaster. The parents are still both in hospital, they are members of our staff here at ISB. Another family who had been here at ISB were all killed except for their small daughter.

I have included before and after photos to show the scale of the disaster. Obviously there is a lot being done for the survivors; rebuilding their lives and their communities. They need people to go there to keep the economy running. Tourism is a major part of that economy.
 

Tsunami Before and After Photo Gallery.  14 slides showing before an after pictures.  Click on the small picture to change the main image

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