what countries were affected by the tsunami on boxing day 2004?
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It was a disaster still remembered today for its sheer destruction which saw 14 countries affected including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Burma (Myanmar), Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles.
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['Afghanistan.', 'Armenia.', 'Azerbaijan.', 'Eritrea.', 'Iraq.', 'North Korea.', 'Kosovo.']
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['Afghanistan.', 'Andorra.', 'Argentina.', 'Bahamas.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Bermuda.', 'Bhutan.', 'Bolivia.']
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['Afghanistan.', 'Andorra.', 'Argentina.', 'Bahamas.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Bhutan.', 'Bolivia (Plurinational State of)', 'Burundi.']
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Other severely affected countries are Ireland, Russia, Mexico, Hungary, the Baltic states. By contrast, China, Japan, Brazil, India, Iran, Peru and Australia are "among the least affected."
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['Uzebekistan.', 'Afghanistan.', 'Marshall Islands.', 'Papua New Guinea.', 'Vanuatu.']
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Whirlpools, flooding and ocean currents strong enough to sink boats are just some of the possible impacts if a tsunami were to hit Australia's largest city, Sydney, according to research. ... "It would affect the whole east coast, but within Sydney Harbour we would expect extremely large waves.
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['Jan 17 Johannes van den Bosch appointed governor general of Dutch East Indies.', 'Feb 6 1st appearance of cholera in Edinburgh, Scotland.', 'Feb 6 US ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy.', 'Feb 12 Ecuador annexes Galapagos Islands.', 'Feb 13 First appearance of cholera in London.']
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['Chad.', 'Madagascar. ... ', 'Zambia. ... ', 'Liberia. ... ', 'Haiti. ... ', 'Timor-Leste. ... ', 'Zimbabwe. ... ', 'Afghanistan. Afghanistan recently experienced its worst drought in decades, brought on by the effects of La Niña. ... ']
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['Brunei.', 'Cambodia.', 'Laos.', 'Maldives.', 'Nepal.', 'Sri Lanka.', 'Tajikistan.', 'Timor-Leste.']
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Barcelona and Venice and Reykjavik and Dubrovnik, inundated. Beaches in Thailand and Mexico and the Philippines, destroyed. Natural wonders from the Sierra Nevadas to the Andes, jeopardized. Religious sites from Cambodia to India to Rome, damaged.
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U.S. West Coast: High to Very High The West Coast states of Washington, Oregon, and California have experienced tsunamis from as far away as Alaska, South America, Japan, and Russia. The most damaging on record is the tsunami caused by the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake.
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['Afghanistan.', 'Angola.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Benin.', 'Bhutan.', 'Burkina Faso.', 'Burundi.', 'Cambodia.']
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2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was one of the deadliest and most destructive natural disasters in human history. The undersea megathrust earthquake struck the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2004.
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Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait.
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['6.1 Bahrain (2011)', '6.2 Egypt (2011)', '6.3 Libya (2011)', '6.4 Syria (2011)', '6.5 Tunisia (2010–2011)', '6.6 Yemen (2011)']
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['Afghanistan.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Bhutan.', 'Brunei (Darussalam)', 'Cambodia.', 'East Timor (included with Indonesia)', 'East and West Pakistan.', 'Federation of Malaya-Singapore.']