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Immediate and long-term impacts:
immediate damage
health
basic needs of disaster victims
environmental damage
economic impacts

 

 

 

 

 

 

...................................................................Survivors of the tsunami in Banda Aceh wait in line for gasoline. Some have waited for three days. Image Credit: MSNBC.com ......................................................................................Residents dig in rubble, scavenging for coins buried by tsunami. Image credit: MSNBC.com
Survivor looks at wall of missing persons. Image credit: MSNBC.comDamage caused by tsunami in Indonesia. Image credit: CTR.orgThe presence of Mangrove forests would have seriously alleviated the resulting damaged caused by the Asian tsunami.A turtle breeding hatchery was destroyed, washing away over 20,000 eggs and $500,000 worth of research equipmentNearly $4 billion dollars have poured in from all over the world to provide relief to those who survived the tsunami. Image credit: Newsweek
......................Elephants help clear debris. Image credit:MSNBC.com ........ ...... ...................................... People wait in line for milk to feed themselves and their families. Image credit: MSNBC.com

 

 

 

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