India: Tsunami: 2004/12/26

Period	2004/12/26
Country or District	India
Event Type	Tsunami
Outline	At least 9,479 people dead, 3,000　people missing in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the aftermath of a tsunami triggered by the most powerful earthquake (9.0-magnitude) since 1964.

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Report/Articles

CNN News AFTER THE TSUNAMI
Special Report on tsunami including latest news, images and studies.

OCHA ReliefWeb
Latest Updats on India

Information on Earthquake and Tsunami in Asia

Information, survey and analysis summaries by the Research Group on The December 26, 2004 Earthquake Tsunami Disaster of Indian Ocean

BBC News (In depth: Asia Quake Disaster)

OCHA Situation Report No. 18 2005/01/14
Latest figures as of 14 January 2005

OCHA Situation Report No. 16 2005/01/10
The Government informed that a Bill will be introduced in the Parliament during the coming Budget Session for establishing the National Disaster Management Authority and the Central Legislation on Disaster Management in the country.

OCHA Situation Report No. 15 2005/01/09
The total death toll is now at 10,012. More than 5,600 people are still missing.

OCHA Situation Report No. 11 2005/01/04
The death toll reached 9,575 as of 4 January 2005. This might go up as many people are still missing persons/feared dead in the Nicobar group of islands.

Situation Report No. 10 2005/01/03
The death toll reached 9,479 as of 3 January 2005.

OCHA Situation Report No. 7 2004/12/30
The death toll has reached a figure of 7,330. This might go up as 5,900 people are still missing persons/feared dead in the Nicobar group of islands.

OCHA Situation Report No. 5 2004/12/28
At least 6,000 people are estimated to have been killed.

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/27
Asia earthquake, tsunami death toll 23,263

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/27
Police say at least 3,000 have died and a similar number are missing in the low-lying Andaman and Nicobar islands close to the quake's epicentre off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

OCHA Situation Report No. 4 2004/12/27
Tamil Nadu is the worst affected state of India with over 2,367 people killed as per the latest Government sources. At least 69 people were killed and 810 are missing after tidal waves wreaked havoc along the 1,000 km coastline of Andra Pradesh. In Andaman and Nicobar islands, the death toll has climbed to more than 3,000. In Kerala, the toll has risen to 131.

CNN News 2004/12/27
The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves, scientists say.

WHO Situation Report No. 1 2004/12/26 (pdf file)
There are already reports of considerable numbers of deaths, Indonesia (2,200), Sri Lanka (3,225), Maldives (10), Thailand (257), Bangladesh(2), India (2,000), and Malaysia (28), and figures can be expected to rise in the coming days.

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/26
At least 74 people were killed and 400 fishermen feared missing after a tsunami hit the southern Indian coast early on Sunday, police and government officials said.

rediff.com
Tidal waves killed over a thousand people in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said on Sunday. Tamil Nadu was the "worst affected", with possibly over 800 people killed, Patil said after a meeting of the Crisis Management Group in New Delhi.

OCHA Relief Web 2004/12/26
Tidal waves devastated the south Indian coastline Sunday killing at least 1,000 people, the home minister said, warning that the death toll was expected to rise.

Geographycal Data

The International Charter
Space data of the affected area by the tsunami

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/26
GRAPHIC: S. Asia quake map

[ERI Emergency Relief Information]

Indian government
National Disaster Management

Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

National Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Indian Government SITREP-IV
Situation Report: Tsunami/Tidal waves on the South East Coast of the Country (20:00, 27 Dec, 2004)

National Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Indian Government SITREP-II
Situation Report: Tsunami/Tidal waves on the South East Coast of the Country (20:00, 26 Dec, 2004)

National Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Indian Government SITREP-I
Situation Report: Tsunami/Tidal waves on the South East Coast of the Country (10:00, 26 Dec, 2004)

National Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Indian Government SITREP-III
Situation Report: Tsunami/Tidal waves on the South East Coast of the Country (09:00, 27 Dec, 2004)

Pictures

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/2７
PHOTOS: Families mourn after Asian tsunamis

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/2７
PHOTOS: Survivors of Asia tsunami disaster

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/2７
PHOTOS: Tsunamis sweep Asia in tide of destruction

Reuters Alertnet 2004/12/26
PHOTOS: Quake makes massive waves in Asia