Asian Quake and Tsunami Dead Passes 12,000

by on December 26th, 2004

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=596147

There was no warning. As the sun began to climb into a cloudless sky, the people of Banda Aceh were going about their lives in this city on the north-western tip of Sumatra, Indonesia. It was early morning when the first gigantic wall of water hit.

Stephen Macklin