SEA OF SORROW.
| Autor: | Elliott, Michael, Adiga, Aravind, Dickerson, John, Garger, Ilya, Gough, Neil, Kite, Hanna, Horn, Robert, Loebis, Zamira, Aceh, Banda, Marshall, Andrew, Lak, Khao, Perry, Alex, Nadu, Tamil, Plon, Ulla, Steptoe, Sonja, Taseer, Aatish, Tedjasukmana, Jason |
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DISASTER relief
EMERGENCY management DISASTER medicine DISASTER victims DISASTERS HUMAN services EARTHQUAKE relief PUBLIC shelters RED Cross & Red Crescent SHOCK waves AIRCRAFT carriers TSUNAMIS OCEAN waves TOURISTS NATURAL disasters PACIFIC Tsunami Warning & Mitigation System EARTH movements EARTHQUAKES |
| Zdroj: | TIME Magazine; 1/10/2005, Vol. 165 Issue 2, p22-39, 15p, 6 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph |
| Abstrakt: | Presents images of the tsunami disaster across Asia and offers observations on how Red Cross and other aid workers are taking efforts to help the living and bury the dead. Reference to how the earthquake off the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra sent shock waves which caused the death of over 120,000 people; Consideration of the estimated death counts in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; Development of numerous funds from public and private sources worldwide to deliver water, food, and medicine to those still in danger; How the U.S. Pentagon sent the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and 11 warships loaded with supplies to help the relief effort on the coast of Sumatra; Impact of the tsunami on the tens of thousands of tourists who were on the beaches of Southeast Asia on vacation; Details about the tsunami early-warning systems in the Pacific and whether or not the deaths could have been prevented. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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