| Asia's devastation: the Tsunami |
The world's biggest disaster-relief effort was launched after some 60,000 people were feared killed and millions made homeless by a tsunami across the Indian Ocean. Indonesia suffered the most casualties with over 32,000 believed dead; nearly 22,000 people died in Sri Lanka. Thailand, India, and countries as distant as Somalia and Kenya were also hit by the deadliest tsunami on record, which was caused by a huge under-sea earthquake.
December 29, 2004
From Economist printed edition
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