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"Still Standing"
A husband and wife inspect the remains of their home after
a massive tsunami wave swept across coastal Sri
Lanka on December 28, 2004 on the coast of the Ratmalana district near
Colombo, Sri Lanka. On December 26, 2004 massive waves triggered by the most
powerful earthquake for 40 years slammed into coastal communities in Sri
Lanka with devastating force, killing over 30,000 and leaving 500,000
homeless. Overall the Indian Ocean tsunami swept at least 150,000 people to
their deaths and many millions were left destitute in one of the worst
natural disasters of recent times.
