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The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. The tsunami created over 300,000 refugees in the Tōhoku region of Japan , and resulted in shortages of food, water, shelter, medicine and fuel for survivors. 15,900 deaths have been confirmed.
Map showing the provinces of Thailand affected. Thailand was one of the 14 countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. It left behind unprecedented damage and destruction in six provinces of Thailand, impacting 407 villages, completely destroying 47 of them, including prominent tourist resorts like Khao Lak.
Baiturrahim Mosque survived the tsunami in Ulee Lheue, Banda Aceh. Meulaboh, a remote coastal city, was among the hardest hit by the tsunami. The waves arrived after the sea receded about 500 m (1,600 ft), followed by an advancing small tsunami. The second and third destructive waves arrived later, which exceeded the height of the coconut trees.
Photographer James Morgan has documented a group of seafaring Southeast Asian nomads who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with almost no casualties.
Monica Connelly survived the Indian Ocean Tsunami at age 13 in 2004. 19 years later, in 2023, she published a memoir about her experience.
Only a small fraction of ground and water-dwelling Cretaceous bird species survived the impact, giving rise to today's birds. [22] [144] The only bird group known for certain to have survived the K–Pg boundary is the Aves. [22]
The Sumatran province of Aceh was severely damaged by the earthquake and resulting tsunami. An estimated 167,736 Indonesians were killed and 25% of Achenese lost their source of livelihood. [4] Banda Aceh, Aceh's capital, was the closest major city to the earthquake's epicenter, and many of its major libraries suffered extensive damage. [5]
A record 4 million common murres died as a result of a two-year marine heat wave in Alaska, a study found. A reduced murre colony nests on South Island of the Semidi Islands in 2021 after the heat ...