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On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 Asian and African countries.
The quake:
- unleashed energy equivalent to 550 million Hiroshima atomic explosions;
- left more than 1.7 million homeless;
- caused damage estimated at $10 billion;
- drew more than $13 billion in international aid. More than 700 groups aided reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh province, the hardest-hit.
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INDONESIA
- Deaths: 167,540, more than half the total;
- Houses destroyed: 170,000;
- Houses rebuilt: 140,000;
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SRI LANKA
- Deaths: 34,400;
- Houses destroyed: 119,562;
- Houses rebuilt: 112,543.
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INDIA
- Deaths: 14,627;
- Houses destroyed or damaged: 85,000;
- Houses rebuilt: 70,000
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THAILAND
- Deaths: 8,324;
- Houses destroyed: 3,615; houses damaged: 3,209;
- Houses rebuilt: More than 3,000.
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Sources: United Nations; Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand governments.
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