Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Third anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami.

Ceremonies have been taking place to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami.
More than 200,000 people in 13 countries died in the 26 December 2004 disaster, which was triggered by an undersea earthquake.
At least 128,000 people died in Indonesia alone.
About 1,000 people attended an open-air prayer ceremony in a village outside Calang town in Indonesia's worst-affected province, Aceh.
Smaller ceremonies were held at mass graves and mosques across Aceh, which was closest to the quake epicentre, and where more than two-thirds of the deaths occurred.
In Banten province, a coastal area in Indonesia's main island of Java, a drill simulating a tsunami strike was held involving some 9,000 residents.
Authorities also tested the response of emergency relief teams to a mock chemical leak in a factory if an 8.5 magnitude quake were to hit the area.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and other government officials attended the drill.
In Sri Lanka services were held for the more than 30,000 people who were killed on the island.

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