Boxing Day Tsunami

Question	Answer
When was the Indian Ocean tsunami?	26th December 2004
Where was the Tsunami?	The Indian Ocean West Coast of Indonesia Countries bordering the Indian Ocean
What were the Effects?	1. 230,000 people were killed / still missing 2. 1.7 million people were made homeless 3. Infrastructure was severely damaged 4. 5-6 million people needed aid 5. Massive economic damage 6. Massive environmental damage
What were the short term responses?	1. Hundreds of millions of pounds had been pledged by other countries for aid 2. Foreign countries sent ships, planes, soldiers and specialist teams to assist in the rescue and recovery operation
What were the long term responses?	1. Billions of pounds has been pledged to rebuild infrastructure 2. Programmes have been set up to rebuild homes 3. A tsunami warning system has been set up in the indian ocean 4. Disaster manaement plans have been put in place by some countries

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