On the morning of Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake whose epicenter was located 160 km off Indonesia's Sumatra coast, unleashed the most powerful tsunami recorded in history.
It killed about 230,000 people in 14 countries.
India lost more than 16,000 people as villages were wiped out along its southern coast and on the Andaman and Nicobar Island chain.
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Katchal Island
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North Sentinel Island
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North Sentinel Tribal Man
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Port Blair City
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Submerged
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Nagore
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Nagappattinam
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Death
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Loss
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Mourning
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Burning
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Destruction
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Evacuation
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Leaving
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Displaced
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Relief camp
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Food
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Water
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Clothes
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Recovery
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Rebuilding
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Remembering
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