Thushanthi’s Weblog

An unforgettable tragedy was happened in 2004. It was the Tsunami Disaster. It was caused an earth quake in the bottom of sea of Sumatra islands. Tsunami waves had flown 400 km per 1 hour. The height of the wave was about 30 feet. Maldives islands, Thailand, India, and Sri Lanka were victimized by Tsunami.
That day was on the 26th December in 2004 without their knowledge we the Srilankans had to face this tragedy Ampara, Galle, Tangalle, Matara, Hambantota, Dikwella, Colombo were highly damaged by Tsunami. The people who lived between distance of 100 meters from the sea side were thrown away to the sea. Not only people but also their Valuable houses, vehicles, furniture, animals were lost. Srilanka took many weeks to count the died bodies. Some bodies couldn’t be recognized. Not only Srilankan but also foreigners were there whole the Srilankans were mourned. The died bodies were buried in common graves. All were done by army And N.G.O.
They cleaned up the area. The people who were not faced Tsunami collected clothes, dried food, milk powder vegetables foods, and all the things that is necessary to the victims. The victims were stayed in schools, temples, churches, and other government places.
The media did a great service. The places which were brought Foreign exchange to Srilanka also lost like big hotels and the Srilankan Beaches. But happy to say many foreign countries gave a lot of aids, Like medicine, money, vehicles, food etc. Before this Srilankan hadn’t faced such a disaster. So Tsunami disaster was a tragedy to the SriLankans. It was an unforgettable Incident.