Photo Essay of Tsunami Disaster



December 27, 2004

Dec. 27: The body of a foreign tourist is left on a trolly in a damaged commercial district on Phi Phi Island, Thailand. Dec. 27: A woman, center, grieves as her daughter who was killed by the tsunami is buried in Cuddalore, India.
Dec. 27: Bodies of victims who were killed by tidal waves lie in a mass burial pit in Cuddalore, India. Dec. 27: A man carries his son as relatives and others grieve at the site of a mass burial in Cuddalore, India.
Dec. 27: A woman grieves next to bodies of her grandchildren who were killed by tidal waves in Nagappattinam, India. Dec. 26: Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, Sri Lanka.
Dec. 26: People walk along a beach littered with debris after tidal waves destroyed houses on the coastal areas in Sri Lanka. Dec. 26: An unidentified Sri Lankan boy carries a television set after massive tidal waves destroyed his house in Sri Lanka.
Dec. 26: European assessing damages done by the tidal wave that hit Kata beach in Phuket, Thailand. Dec. 26: People walk through debris of their houses destroyed in tidal waves on the coastal areas in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Dec. 26: A man walks through debris caused by the tidal wave that hit Kata beach in Phuket, Thailand. Dec. 26: A street is littered with damaged vehicles and debris after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuk
All photos are courtesy of the AP.