Indonesia
was seriously affected by the tsunami, suffering at least 167,000
casualties, a number which is thought to be closer to 200,000, but it is
unlikely that this will ever be confirmed as thousands of bodies could
never be recovered as they were swept out to sea by the powerful waves.
The
tsunami was the effect of an underwater earthquake in the Indian Ocean
just after 1am on Boxing Day 2004, the third largest earthquake ever
recorded on a seismograph, with a magnitude of 9.0-9.3 .
Ten
years later, communities in Indonesia's Aceh province have rebuilt
their homes, towns and villages, rising from the ashes of the single
worst tsunami in human history.
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The district of Banda Aceh in Aceh
province, located on Indonesia's Sumatra island, just days after the
massive Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, and below it the same location
photographed on December 1, 2014
The left photo was taken on January
2, 2005, showing of a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in the Aceh Jaya
district, and right, is the same area ten years later
The top photograph shows a damaged mosque in Teunom, located in Aceh Jaya district, a week after the tsunami, and now, bottom
Indonesia
was seriously affected by the tsunami, suffering at least 167,000
casualties, a number which is thought to be closer to 200,000, but it is
unlikely that this will ever be confirmed as thousands of bodies could
never be recovered as they were swept out to sea by the powerful waves.
The
tsunami was the effect of an underwater earthquake in the Indian Ocean
just after 1am on Boxing Day 2004, the third largest earthquake ever
recorded on a seismograph, with a magnitude of 9.0-9.3 .
The gigantic water movement that followed saw waves of up to 100feet hit the coasts of Indonesia, Sri LAnka, India and Thailand.
The 14 countries that suffered casualties and damage were situated maily in Southeast Asia but also in Africa.
In
total, 45 countries lost citizens abroad in the tragedy. In Europe,
Germany and Sweden, where Thailand is a popular destination around
Christmas time, lost 552 and 571 citizens respectively.
The top photograph was taken on
January 8, 2005, and shows of two fishing boats beside a commercial
building in central Banda Aceh, which had been carried into the city by
the massive wave, and then, bottom, last month
The left photograph taken three days
after the tsunami in 2004, shows residents walking over huge pile of
debris covering the street of Banda Aceh, and the same location
photographed on November 27, 2014
The top photograph was taken with a
telephoto lens on January 16, 2005, more than two weeks after the
tsunami, showing a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district
of Banda Aceh, staining alone in the debris, and photographed again,
below, this month
The first photograph was taken on
January 9, 2005, just over a week after the tsunami, showing a of a
street which had been cleared, but still had huge piles of debris on
either side, in Meulaboh in Aceh, and the same location photographed on
November 29 this year
The left photograph shows debris
scattered across the grounds of Banda Aceh's Baiturrahaman mosque in
Aceh province, two days after the tsunami, and right, taken on November
27 this year, shows the renovated grounds
The top shoto was taken just days
after the 2004 tsunami, and shows heavy debris spread across the grounds
of Banda Aceh's Baiturrahaman mosque in Aceh province, and the same
location photographed on November 27, 2014 (bottom) showing the
renovated grounds
The first photo was taken on January
15, 2004, and shows houses surrounding the mosque in Meulaboh destroyed
on Indonesia's Sumatra island, and the same mosque photographed on
November 30, 2014
The top photo was taken on, January 9,
2005, of the impassable main coastal road covered with debris in Aceh
Besar district, in Aceh province and the same location photographed on
November 29, 2014, showing the new highway
These two pictures show Lhoknga in
Aceh province, the top one taken on January 23, 2005 showing residents
using an improvised raft to cross a river as an Indonesian soldier
guards the area, and the same location photographed on November 29, 2014
(bottom) showing the abandoned site and a new bridge constructed nearby
A photograph (top) taken with a
telephoto lens on January 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the
Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh and the same location
photographed with a wide angle lens on December 1, 2014 (bottom) showing
the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community
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