Thailand: Tsunami: 2004/12/26

Period	2004/12/26
Country or District	Thailand
Event Type	Tsunami
Outline	At least 5,046 people dead, 3,810 people missing, in the aftermath of a tsunami triggered by the most powerful earthquake (9.0-magnitude) since 1964.

Related Links

Report/Articles

UNCT 2005/06/13
Field situation report No. 15

Flash Report on the field survey by ADRC
Pictures of affected areas

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

Information on Earthquake and Tsunami in Asia

OCHA ReliefWeb
Latest Updats on Thailand

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. 22 2005/01/28
The severely affected areas cover 308 villages in 79 tambons (sub-districts) of 24 districts. In these areas, 12,068 households with a total of 54,672 people are considered to have been directly affected through loss of, or injury to, a family member.

Link - "Tsunami Disaster"
The Royal Thai Embassy, Tokyo, has launched a tsunami disaster page including announcements, news and information on emergency centers.

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

OCHA Situation Report No. 11 2005/01/04
The Royal Thai Government (RTG) reports that 5,187 have died (out of 2,463 foreigners, 78 percent died in Phang Nga Province), 8,457 have been injured and 3,810 are reported missing.

OCHA Situation Report No. 10 2005/01/03
5,046 dead; 3,810 missing. The number of missing is likely to change as many countries start to publicize their lists of people missing.

OCHA Situation Report No. 9 2005/01/01
The latest figures released by the Government are: 4,798 dead (Thai: 2,193, Foreigners: 2,402, Unidentified: 203) 6,384 still missing (Thai: 4,314, Foreigners: 2,069, Unidentified: 1)

OCHA Situation Report No. 8 2004/12/31
The latest figures released by the Government as of Dec. 31 are: - 4,541 dead (Thai: 2,128, Foreigners: 2,230, Unidentified: 183) - 10,469 injured (Thai: 5,042, Foreigners:1,510, Unidentified: 3,917) - 6,479 missing (Thai: 4,582, Foreigners:1,663, Unidentified: 234)

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

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/27
Thailand evacuated injured survivors of the devastating tsunami from its southern tourist beaches on Monday. The official tally issued by the national disaster centre was 918 and one official there said he estimated that 20 to 30 percent of the dead were foreigners.

OCHA Situation Report No. 4 2004/12/27
The provinces of Ranong, Phang-Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang and Satun have been severely affected. Phuket was declared an emergency area. The Government's initial estimates are　that 431 people have died, over 5,000 have been injured.

BBC News 2004/12/27
Britons caught up in the sea surges across south and east Asia tell their stories.

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
Government officials said early on Monday at least 392 bodies were found in stricken areas in six western Thai provinces bordering the Andaman Sea but some expected the final toll to approach 1,000.

Reuters AlertNet 2004/12/26
Disaster officials said 117 people died in Phuket, including 35 foreigners. Nearly 700 people were injured and 214 missing. Another 16 foreigners were among 36 dead in nearby Krabi, a hospital official said.

Geographycal Data

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

Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center

Official Thai Tsunami Information Center
Thailand is one of the countries that faced Tsunami natural disaster on 26 December 2004. This event has caused great loss to the injured, the lost, and the dead. In order to keep the reporting up to the minute, both private organizations and public sectors have collaboratively established the “Official Thai Tsunami Information Centre”, at which to consolidate information from all related units. The data network system has also been set up to provide victims’ relatives and other organizations with the fast, correct and accurate information. This centre will also be the information desk for the lost and properties of the victims.

The 3rd Official Statement of Dept. of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Earthquake and Tsunami Situation in the Western Coast of Thailand (pdf file)
Minister of Interior ordered to set up the Provincial Call Center for search and rescue of victims at 6 Provincial Offices for 24 hours.

The 2nd Official Statement of Dept. of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Earthquake and Tsunami Situation in the Western Coast of Thailand (pdf file)
Prime Minister Thaksin shinawatra, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (Mr. Suvit Khunkitti), Miniter of Public Health (Ms. Sudarat Kayuraphan) and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Interior (Mr. Sermsak Pongpanit) arrived at Phuket to command in search and rescue and order to continue in the operations.

The 1st Official Statement of Dept. of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation on Earthquake and Tsunami Situation in the Western Coast of Thailand (pdf file)
The total number of victims at 05:00 pm of 26 December 2004 are 156 deaths and 2,131 injuries.

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