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(CNN) -- Massive tidal waves triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in over 40 years have wiped out coastal areas across southeastern Asia as far as 1,000 miles away, killing nearly 3,000 people -- most of them in Sri Lanka and India.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/2...uake/index.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml...&storyID=644282

What a way to end the year... :(

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Death toll up to 6000 as reported in the news just now...

A view from a helicopter of the damage caused by a tsunami in Phuket, about 862 km (536 miles) south of Bangkok, December 26, 2004. A tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean killed one tourist in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday and may have swept four or five more out to sea, officials said. REUTERS

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We are blessed in many ways. So i always try to appreciate a lot of things here in Singapore. ;)

Hope our neighbours are getting enuff help from the neighbouring countries

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While watching the news, I'm just thinking how fortunate that our tiny little island is "protected" by our neighbouring countries. It would have been disastrous if that 10m tsunami crashed on our shores. Imagine what would happen to Sentosa? And what about the refineries?

Just look at the deathtoll in the affected countries. It's so scary.

So sad for them and their families. :(

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Man, my wife and I could have been in Phuket diving if we went ahead with our original plan!

*shudder*

I just saw the video coverage... patong beach is completely devastated... I hope my fishing friends who lives there are alright!

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me in bangkok home now

its big news man

all over CNN and all the channels

earthquake originated from indonesia richter 8.9 follwed by aftershocks each more than 5.2 in richter

singapore got tremors anot???

the waves that reached phuket were 10m tall....1km in all damaged...maldives also badly hit...damn pour souls

sri lankan jail whole thing swept awae all inmates gone....

my cousin's mum go work there passed awae in this incident...poor thing

so much for christmas

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oh..haha...sorry vinoth...wrong frequency

aniwae...gd to noe everyone in singapore's well and hope they will set up an early warning system soon

Yeah, we are so blessed......

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:cry2::cry2::cry2:

though not related to them but yet can empathize with the sorrow that they are suffering... :cry2::cry:

Hopefully there will be another Love Thailand Project coming on... :angel:

hope we have the capacity to help as much as we can...share the love...Christmas is not just for these twelve days... B)

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The tremor was felt in KL too. When I returned home just past 9 am this morning after checking on my new FOWLR tank, I saw my fellow resident and his wife looking up at the apartment, I asked him what he is doing so early in the morning, he said he felt the tremor on the 22 floor of his apartment and his wind chime and lights were shaking. My friend from Penang also told me of the tremors felt in Penang and were all evacuated from their apartments.

What a castrophe!

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Gosh... About 10,226 people were killed and thousands more were missing... this is MAJOR DISASTER!!

A wholesaler friend feels that all his collection centres in Sumatra may be entirely wiped out... he has been trying to call them since this morning and there is zero response. They are near the epicentre.

I believe the ecological disaster has not been reported yet.... and it will have consequences to our hobby. I am sure many reefs are now broken.

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