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| Title: | NEARLY COMPLETE DESTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH INDONESIAN TSUNAMI OF 2004 |
| Caption: | (a) Satellite view of Band Aceh, the Indonesian provincial capital on the northern end of the island of Sumatra, before the earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004. (U.S. Geological Survey/Digital Globe) (b) Two days after the tsunami it is apparent that nearly all the development has been damaged or destroyed. Note that the shoreline at the top of the photograph has been extensively eroded leaving behind only a few small islands. Large parts of the city flooded because of subsidence caused by the earthquake that combined with inundaton from the tsunami. (Digital Globe) |
| Keywords: | earthquakes, tsunamis, shorelines, shores, coasts, coastlines, oceans, waves, floods, flooding |