9 years, Kids Art Gallery “The Tragedy 26.12.2004 Tsunami” Dada LABOR. Photo source: ©© Sergio SVox
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A decade after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated Aceh, the isolated tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on the morning of 24 December 2004, IRIN looks at the unprecedented aid response, its impact, and how local people continue to be affected…
The Tsunami That Stopped a War, IRIN
When the ocean swallowed much of the Aceh province’s coastline, the region was then under a “military emergency” following a period of full martial law, for more than a year as Jakarta responded to an increasingly violent separatist conflict. The disaster halted the violence to give space for humanitarian response and unprecedented cooperation between Jakarta and the rebels…
Stiff Sediments Made 2004 Earthquake Deadliest in History, Science Daily (06-23-2011)
Indian Ocean Nations To Carry Out UN-Organized Tsunami Readiness Test, UN (09-10-2014)
Ten years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 24 countries in the region will participate in an exercise organized by the United Nations to test their readiness to address such rare but potentially destructive events…
A Decade After Asian Tsunami, New Forests Protect the Coast, Yale E 360 (12-14-2014)
