http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArti...toryID=7178847

"COLOMBO (Reuters) - A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on Sunday, setting
off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians
rushing to high ground and washed away bathers on the Thai tourist island of
Phuket. "

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ISTR watching a programme about Tsunamis warning about this sort of disaster
for underdeveloped areas without mass communications.