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Disaster in the Indian Ocean, tsunami 2004, by John A. Torres

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index

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index present

non fiction

Disaster in the Indian Ocean, tsunami 2004

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by John A. Torres

Tells the history of the destructive 2004 tsunami and its devastating aftermathThe disaster in the Indian Ocean started with a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. What followed was a surge of water called a tsunami that killed thousands of people in nearly a dozen countries. Water rose up miles inland and destroyed everything in its path. Children were ripped from their parents' arms, husbands and wives were lost to each other forever. This is their story. But more importantly, this is a story of hope, of how people woke up to destroyed cities and missing children and did not give up. They showed what they were made of by licking their wounds and then trying to find their lives again. This is also the story of how the world responded with the biggest humanitarian effort in history. Countries from all over the world sent money, food, water, soldiers, and doctors. Nothing like this has ever happened in our world before, and although the world responded in a big way, hopefully it will never happen again

The ocean moved -- Aftermath -- The world responds -- Hope and miracles -- What's next?

juvenile

Tsunami, 2004