what countries were affected by the indian ocean tsunami 2004?
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The hardest-hit and most severely affected countries were India, Indonesia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Malaysia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Somalia and the United Republic of Tanzania were also affected.
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['Afghanistan.', 'Angola.', 'Burundi.', 'Cambodia.', 'Eritrea.', 'Ethiopia.', 'Iran.', 'Iraq.']
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On 26 December 2004 a tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. It was the result of the Indio-Australian Plate subducting below the Eurasian Plate. It was caused by an earthquake measuring more than magnitude 9. The earthquake caused the seafloor to uplift, displacing the seawater above.
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['Afghanistan.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Bhutan.', 'Brunei (Darussalam)', 'Cambodia.', 'East Timor (included with Indonesia)', 'East and West Pakistan.', 'Federation of Malaya-Singapore.']
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China and Indonesia are the two countries most vulnerable to permanent inundation. More than 32,000 square kilometers of China's coastal area – and more than 23 million people – are at risk, if sea levels rise by one meter.
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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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In 2016, major cholera epidemics affected several areas in the world, including Haiti in the Americas, DRC, Somalia and the United Republic of Tanzania in Africa, and Yemen in Asia.
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['Australia.', 'Bangladesh.', 'India.', 'New Zealand.', 'Pakistan.', 'South Africa.']
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Countries most affected The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace reports in its International Economics Bulletin that Ukraine, as well as Argentina and Jamaica, are the countries most deeply affected by the crisis. Other severely affected countries are Ireland, Russia, Mexico, Hungary, the Baltic states.
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['Australia.', 'Brunei Darussalam.', 'Cambodia.', 'China.', 'Cook Islands.', 'Fiji.', 'Japan.', 'Kiribati.']
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['Afghanistan.', 'Bangladesh.', 'Benin.', 'Burkina Faso.', 'Burundi.', 'Central African Republic.', 'Chad.', 'Comoros.']
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['Iran.', 'Iraq.', 'Kazakhstan.', 'Kosovo.', 'Lebanon.', 'Mauritania.', 'Somalia.', 'Sri Lanka.']
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2010 Haiti earthquake, large-scale earthquake that occurred January 12, 2010, on the West Indian island of Hispaniola, comprising the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Most severely affected was Haiti, occupying the western third of the island. An exact death toll proved elusive in the ensuing chaos.
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['Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (as of September 19, 2001)', 'Philippines (from January 9, 2002 through September 30, 2015)', 'Djibouti (as of July 1, 2002)', 'Yemen (as of April 10, 2002)', 'Somalia and Syria (as of January 1, 2004)']
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['ITALY. [01:12]', 'SOUTH KOREA. [01:29]', 'FRANCE. [02:04]', 'UNITED KINGDOM. [02:22]', 'INDIA. [02:41]', 'CHINA. [03:03]', 'RUSSIA. [03:19]', 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [03:37]']
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['Sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912.', 'Starvation in Bengal, 1943.', 'Aeroplane crash in Smolensk, 2010.', 'Oil in Gulf of Mexico, 2010.', 'Tōhoku Earthquake, 2011.', 'Grounding of Costa Concordia, 2012.', 'Moore Tornado, 2013.']
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Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel*, Japan, Jordan*, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria*, Taiwan**, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, ...