Amateur Asian Tsunami Video Footage
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which
had a magnitude of 9.15, triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on December
26, 2004 that killed approximately 275,000 people (more than 168,000 in
Indonesia alone), making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.
The tsunami killed people over an area ranging from the immediate vicinity
of the quake in Indonesia, Thailand and the north-western coast of Malaysia
to thousands of kilometres away in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives,
and even as far as Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania in eastern Africa. The
disaster prompted a huge worldwide effort to help victims of the tragedy,
with billions of dollars being raised for disaster relief. Here are some
videos of the Tsunami:
Restaurant
in Phuket
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Shot
from inside a quickly-flooding restaurant in Phuket, waves engulf older
couple clinging to railing outside before flooding entire room.
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Video with Windows Media Player (12 MB).
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This video shot comes from Thailand. A really quick shot of the wave coming in and crashing into a garden between two large hills. Three people are standing in the garden as the wave comes in, and the video stops as the wave gets close to them.
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This occured in Patong Beach, Thailand. Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Rooftop view of two huge waves battering buildings along coastline of Patong Beach, then zoomed-in footage of flooding of city streets.
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Playing in Koh Lanta, Thailand. Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Shot on beach level in Koh Lanta, Thailand; several people watch as first wave grows and crashes, before cameraman's frantic retreat away from the shore.
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From Penang, Malaysia. Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Shot from walkway above the Penang Beach shore, long shot of ocean before three men are caught in battering waves.
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This film comes from Khao Lak, Thailand. Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Obtained by APTN shows the devastating effects of the tsunami on the Thai holiday resort of Khao Lak. The pictures show a man on the beach being engulfed by water as the overpowering waves rush towards the shore. Anukul Charoenkul - who owns the Viewpoint Restaurant - shot the video. He said his restaurant was full of tourists when the tsunami struck at around 1030 local time (0330 GMT) on 26 December. He explained he had received an early warning of the impending disaster from his brother, who was at a different location along the coast which had already been struck. Charoenkul therefore had time to prepare his camera and catch the moment the tsunami hit Khao Lak from the third floor of the building where his restaurant is located. He said that he shouted at the people on the beach to warn them, telling them to run, but they could not hear. Immediately after the waves had struck, dead bodies could be seen washed up on the shore. The beach was covered in huge piles of debris.
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