Potential Areas Affected by Tsunami:
The map below was obtained from UNOSAT, a United Nations
organization devoted to distributing timely geospatial data products
in response to natural disasters. It shows areas of the Indian Ocean
basin potentially inundated (red zones) by the tsunami of 26 December
2004. A full-sized version of this image is available online by clicking
on the image.
Map below derived from numerical simulations (computer
models) showing predicted arrival time of first tsunami wave at various
Indian Ocean shores. Note the tsunami makes landfall in Sri Lanka and
Thailand at approximately the same time despite having traveled very
different distances. Do you know why? On the next page, you will find
out!
Tsunami Simluations:
Animations showing output from numerical simulations (results of computer
models) of the 26 December 2004 tsunami are available online from several
sources. The animation below was created from numerical simulations
of Dr.
Kenji Satake, National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),
Japan. Another animation created from numerical simulation of Dr. A.
Piatanesi of the National Institute of
Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Rome, Italy, is available in
.AVI
format.
Numerical simulation of tsunami of 26 December 2004
by Dr. Kenji
Satake, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Tsunami Videos:
A remarkable circumstance of the tsunamis of 26 December 2004 is that
they were witnessed by large numbers of people with digital cameras
and video recording devices. Consequently, the world had an unprecedented
view of the behavior of these unprecedented tsunamis. Many tsunami videos
are posted on web sites, Internet news services, and web logs (blogs)
and are readily accessible from Internet search engines using keywords
"tsunami video". As many sites hosting tsunami videos appear
to be temporary repositories, your best strategy to locate videos is
to use a search engine such as Google,
Alta Vista, or Yahoo.
Tsunami Impacts - Before and After Animation:
Click on the images below to play an animation that overlays these
before/after images from Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The upper image will
play an animation in .AVI format (Divx
codec required - free download). The lower image will play an animation
in .WMV format (Windows Media Player). For additional imagery showing
before/after effects of tsunamis across the Indian Ocean, refer to the
links page of this site.
Images above obtained from Digitial
Globe
Animations produced by Dr. Stephen
K. Boss at the Earth Visualization Laboratory, University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Tsunami Casualties:
The list below presents information on the number of
known fatalities by country as of 8 January 2005. Clicking on the links
will go to the source article at www.cnn.com
where updated numbers may be available.
Indonesia:
At least 94,200 dead and 77,000 missing, the health ministry said
Saturday.
The missing figure is almost 10 times higher than
the 6,700 it reported a day earlier, but the ministry gave no explanation
for the increase. The Social Affairs Ministry has put the numbers
higher -- 101,318 dead; 10,070 missing. There is no explanation for
the discrepancy.
Sri
Lanka: More than 46,000 dead, with nearly 14,000 missing. Sri
Lankan officials say 27,527 are dead and 3,858 missing in non-rebel-held
areas of the island nation. Tamil Tiger rebels in conjunction with
the U.N. Development Program say nearly 19,000 are dead and 10,000
missing in rebel-held territory.
India:
9,691 dead, 6,011 missing -- 5,914 on Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Somalia:
114, according to the United Nations.
Myanmar:
86 dead, according to the International Federation for the Red Cross,
which is coordinating with the Myanmar government and the United Nations.
Tanzania:
10 dead, according to the U.N.
Kenya:
1 dead, according to Kenyan media.
Tsunami Economic Impacts:
Below are links to news articles describing potential economic impacts
of the tsunami:
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