26.12 - 20 lat od katastrofalnego tsunami

(NYT15) NAGAPATTANAM, India -- Jan. 5, 2005 -- TSUNAMI-INDIA -- A woman laments the loss of her family as she stands on the rubble of her home in the...

Still image made from an amateur video, shot by a British family vacationing at Thailand's Phuket resort, of the tidal wave coming ashore Sunday, Dec....

A car is seen lifted up by tidal waves in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004. After Sunday's tsunami,...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS 1 January 2005 - Bang Muang, Thailand - Volunteers load bodies of persons who died from a tsunami which hit South East As...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows an Indian boy taken 30 December 2004 (Up) and 01 December 2005 in Nagapattinam after tsunami and a year after t...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS 29 December 2004 - Khoa Lok, Thailand - Wreckage from the tsunami. 30005162

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS Thailand, Takua Pak: first tourists evacuated by military plane and helicopter. Pictures were taken by a Thai soldier on...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Bodies that were out at sea now litter the coastline. The devastation can now be seen in the remote areas - about 60kms...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS Thailand, Takua Pak: first tourists evacuated by military plane and helicopter. Pictures were taken by a Thai soldier on...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS City of Galle, south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, devastated by the Tsunami. 30/12/2004. 00504324

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows a picture taken 07 January, 2005 and the on 13 December, 2005 showing the aftermath of the tsunami disaster (TO...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS 1 January 2005 - Bang Muang, Thailand - A bulldozer takes away the bodies of those who died from a tsunami which hit Sout...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows the tsunami 26 December, 2004 (top) approaching Hat Rai Lay Beach, near Krabi, in southern Thailand and the sam...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/SIPA PRESS 2 January 2005 - Takua Pa, Thailand - Volunteers prepare a temporary shelter for victims of a tsunami which hit South Eas...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP An ariel view taken 28 December 2004 shows flooded areas in the vincinity of Port Blair, the capital city of India's southeaster...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP The trail of destruction along the coastal railway line in the southern Sri Lankan town of Lunawa is seen in this picture taken...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows handouts of satellite images received from DigitalGlobe, 29 December 2004, shows the before image (at top) take...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This photo taken 26 December 2004 shows fishing boats and a car among the debris along the coast of Langkawi island, northwest M...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Crosses lie amid the rubble at Saint-Francois-Xavier church cemetery, 29 December 2004 in Paiyagala, some 50 km south of Colombo...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Two people passing by examine cars upended following a tidal wave the day before that hit Pathong beach on the southern Thai isl...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A Thai looter takes off a dress from a showroam dummy in the ruins of series of bars devastated by the tidal waves at Pathong be...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A Thai police officer checks the passport of a Western tourist while comparing it with pictures of unidentified dead victims pas...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A boat and one of the gift shops building submerge on the beach of Phi Phi island in southern Thailand's holiday resort which wa...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows Phi Phi island on 27 December, 2004 (top) a day after the tsunami devastated the area and a picture taken 14 De...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A general view of the destroyed central bus terminal in Galle, some 125 kms south of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo 27 December...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows the same location on Phi Phi island at Takua Pa taken 31 December, 2004 (top) and then on 13 December, 2005 (bo...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP A general view of the destroyed central bus terminal in Galle, some 125 kms south of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo 27 December...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP People walk through a temporary morgue in Banda Aceh, 27 December 2004 as they try and find missing family members after a devas...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows shows Tewewong road off Patong beach shortly after the tsunami devastated the area 28 December, 2004 and now ne...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Foreign tourists far out on the sand after the water receeded react as the first of six tsunami start to roll towards Hat Rai La...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP This combo shows the tsunami waves approaching 26 December, 2004 (L) and then a picture taken 12 December, 2005 nearly one year...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Thousands of bodies and makeshift coffins brought to this collection point for processing. This shows the true horror o...

(NYT11) HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka -- Jan. 4, 2005 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-5 -- Survivors of last week's Tsunami look over the wreckage of a communications...

(NYT7) PHUKET, Thailand -- Dec. 28, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-THAILAND-5 -- People look through debris from a damaged shopping strip on Patong Beach Road, Tu...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Volunteers clean up of Patong beach, in the aftermath of the tsunami. Patong is the busiest part of Phuket with hotels,...

(NYT20) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Jan. 4, 2005 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDONESIA-5 -- An injured girl is carried on a stretcher at the military airport in Banda...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Volunteers clean up of Patong beach, in the aftermath of the tsunami. Patong is the busiest part of Phuket with hotels,...

(NYT1) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Jan. 3, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-INDONESIA-1 An Indonesian woman, rescued by A U.S. Naval helicopter, is lifted into a truck...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Bodies brought to a temple, Wat Lamkeng, about 4kms inland from the beach near Khaolak Beach. The devastation can now b...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES The debris at the Holiday Inn in Patong, with cars and fish in the pool and cars in the hotel lobby. Patong is the busi...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Two cars are left in the grounds of the Laonte Hotel. Patong is the busiest part of Phuket with hotels, bars, and shops...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Foreign tourists in the Bangkok Phuket hospital, there are so many injured people that in patients are being placed in...

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/REX FEATURES Continuing scenes of devastation at the Khao Lak beach resort area where many bodies are still being pulled from the sc...

An aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows residents in a flood-affected area on the outskirts of Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13...

TOPSHOTS An aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows residents in a flood-affected area on the outskirts of Sukkur on August 9, 2010....

**EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT -- (NYT1) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Jan. 2, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-BANDA-ACEH-2 --Bodies of victims of the tsunami disaster...

(NYT3) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Jan. 2, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-BANDA-ACEH-3 -- A man stands amidst the rubble in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 2, 20...

Caroline and J.T. Malatesta of Mountain Brook, Ala. survived the killer Asian tsunami while on vacation in Thailand. This mountain top photo was taken...

(NYT29) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Jan. 14, 2005 -- ADV. FOR SUN. JAN. 16 -- INVEST-TSUNAMI-3 -- Pakarang Resort and Spa in Khao Lak, Thailand, severely...

(NYT9) BERUWALA, Sri Lanka -- Jan. 2, 2004 -- ASIA-QUAKE-SRI-LANKA-2 -- Fishing boats cover the coastal area of Beruwala, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2...