TSUNAMI NEWS AND LINKS

News reports, articles and other links concerning the tidal wave that devastated South and Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004.

Tsunami Toll

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Tsunami Toll

Total number of dead and missing. Guardian, February 17, 2005
Toll from the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to government and health
officials.

10 Deadliest Indian Ocean Tsunamis

Source, About.com, 2005

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News and Articles

India: Tsunami and Family Planning. PRB, July 2005
After the Indian Ocean tsunami killed over 2,300 children under age 18 in Tamil Nadu, the state government began offering free reversals of tubal ligation for women there who wish to conceive again.

Post-tsunami foreign aid nears US$3 billion, Yahoo Asia, May 17, 2005
Sri Lanka said post-tsunami foreign aid and debt relief neared US$3 billion following an international donors meeting. "It has exceeded our expectations," Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama told a news conference. "We have enough money to fund all recovery and rehabilitation projects."

Sri Lanka tsunami aid in place but land a problem, Reuters, April 21, 2005. "There are land acquisition problems," said Suren Batagoda, head of the state Urban Development Authority's tsunami housing unit tasked with finding and acquiring land to build on.

Sri Lanka Census dept. releases tsunami impact stats, Daily News, April 18, 2005. The biggest challenge that the Government is facing is bringing the lifestyle of the tsunami affected people to normalcy

Sri Lanka tsunami survivors pin hopes on traditions, Reuters, April 17, 2005. At last April's traditional Sri Lankan New Year festival, fisherman Gomes Jayasekera prayed for bigger catches.

How tsunami diseases were curbed. BBC, March 22, 2005

Experts charged with preventing the spread of disease in the aftermath of the tsunami say they "got it right" and prevented a major health crisis.

Tsunami may erode freedom to build. Atlanta Journal, March 20, 2005
Those who rebuild may be setting themselves up for a confrontation with the Indonesian government, which has proposed a coastal "buffer zone" about a mile wide to protect people in case of another tsunami.

Reconstruction in tsunami-hit counties must avoid over-fishing. UN, March 14, 2005
countries devastated by December’s Indian Ocean tsunami should restore the livelihoods of fishers and fish farmers but must prevent the plague of over-fishing.

LTTE issues 36-page report on NE needs. Lankanewspapers.com, March 11, 2005
It put the overall cost at a staggering US$ 1455.0 million for tsunami reconstruction.

Meeting to plan tsunami early warning system, UNISDR, March 4, 2005
Experts from Indian Ocean countries affected by the 26 December tsunami and other countries gather in Paris to plan a coordinated tsunami early-warning system for the Indian Ocean.

Maldives fears damage to tourism will cripple economy, Straits Times, February 28, 2005
With many houses and shops destroyed, and their livelihood jeopardised, the islanders pass their days under a pall of uncertainty.

Sri Lankan tsunami victims still wait for aid, Observer, February 25, 2005
Thousands of tsunami victims in Sri Lanka are still without aid, despite the biggest global humanitarian effort ever launched.

Tsunami rebuilding bill outgrows World's gifts, Guardian, February 25, 2005
Hafiz Pasha, the UN assistant secretary general in charge of the global tsunami task force told the Guardian.

Tsunami victims haltingly rebuild, Boston Globe, February 24, 2005.
Saman Kumara, 36, once had 15 boats and employed 40 people, but no banker so far is willing to take the chance on him.

Tsunami: Losses in fisheries, aquaculture climb to $520 million, UN, February 17,

Updated damage assessments are shedding new light on the scope of material losses suffered by fisherfolk in southern Asia as a result of the December 2004 tsunami -- and the financial costs that will be involved in rehabilitating the affected region's all-important fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

Meeting Differing Psychosocial Needs in Sri Lanka. Red Cross, February 21, 2005
The Danish Red Cross has been running a psychosocial programme in Ampara and Jaffna in Sri Lanka, assisting people caught up in the conflict.

Post-tsunami reconstruction, Boston Globe, February 6, 2005.
A Tsunami Generation Rebuilds.

Tsunami May Yield Baby Boom, AP, February 6, 2005.
With the birth of her first child just one month away, Wadiana Wahab worries about the world her baby will enter.

Foreigners missing, killed in tsunami, AP January 6, 2005.
The tally of foreigners confirmed dead, according to their countries' foreign ministries.

Tsunami rebuilding bill outgrows world's gifts. Guardian, UK, February 17, 2005
Reconstruction could cost £6.65bn, but so far only £2.92bn has been pledged

Tsunami victims still wait for aid. The Observer, UK. February 13, 2005
Supplies to stricken Sri Lankans are blocked by bungling and corruption

NGOs in fierce competition in Lanka, MENAFN, January 24, 2005
The tsunami has sparked of fierce competition between aid agencies. They are trying to outsmart each other and in the process, making promises that cannot be fulfilled.

Batticaloa Burghers: Caught Up in the Tsunami, Sunday Observer, January 23, 2005
The Burgher Association in Colombo appeals to the Burghers living in Sri Lanka, in Australia, UK, and Canada to assist these people in their hour of need.

Asia struggles as death toll hits 44 000, AP, December 28, 2004
Mourners in Sri Lanka used their bare hands to dig graves Tuesday while hungry islanders in Indonesia turned to looting in the aftermath of Asia's devastating tsunamis.

22,000 dead, millions homeless in Asia, AP, December 27, 2004,
Rescuers piled up bodies Monday along southern Asian coastlines devastated by tidal waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed more than 22,000 people in 10 countries.

South India struck by quake waves, BBC, December 26, 2004
Massive waves have crashed into the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, along the country's southern coast, after an earthquake.

Maldives appeals for flooding aid BBC, December 26, 2004, Communications are disrupted across the islands. The country has appealed for international aid. "The scale of the damage is such that we have decided to declare a state of emergency," Ahmed Shaheed, chief government spokesman, told Reuters.

The next big wave. The Economist, August 14, 2003
New ways of tracking waves may help save lives.

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Links

Tsunami Research Program, NOAA, USA
Research and development activities focus on an integrated approach to improving tsunami warning and mitigation.

The South east Asia Earthquake & Tsunami Blog
News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts.

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SARID Reports

Tremendous Spirit of Self-help

Women's Groups appeal for an inclusive framework for the response

Recovery of Small Island States: The tourism industry, which suffered most of the damage in dollar terms, is bracing for a further crisis.

UN Population Fund Warns Women: Girls Especially Vulnerable: the special needs of women and girls must be built into all short- and intermediate-term relief planning.

Tsunami Relief Fund Donations more

SARID extends heartfelt thanks to all who have so generously contributed to the relief effort.