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Author Townsend, John, 1955-

Title The Asian tsunami 2004 : a huge wave kills thousands / John Townsend
Published Oxford : Raintree, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB CRC  363.340959 Tow/Att  AVAILABLE
Description 56 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Series When disaster struck
When disaster struck.
Contents A huge wave kills thousands: far below the sea -- When the wave struck: just another day -- What was known? -- The first signs -- On the beaches -- The first casualties: the damage in Indonesia -- The wave reaches Thailand -- The waves reach Sri Lanka -- The damage in India and the Maldives -- Survivors: amazing escapes -- Days at sea -- Steve's story -- Under the rubble -- The world responds: to the rescue -- A race against time -- Within weeks -- Months later -- Children of the tsunami: a disaster of the young -- Orphans of the waves -- Found -- The cost of the disaster: how much? -- Paying the price -- A knock-on effect -- Timeline
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography, pages 54-55
Subject Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004 -- Juvenile literature.
Tsunamis -- Indian Ocean -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 1406202916 hardback
9781406202915 hardback