Tsunami’s devastation: Numbers tell the tale

Tsunami’s devastation: Numbers tell the tale

On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 Asian and African countries.

The quake:

— Unleashed energy equivalent to 550 million Hiroshima atomic explosions.

— Left more than 1.7 million homeless

— Caused damage estimated at $10 billion.

— Drew more than $13 billion in international aid. More than 700 groups aided reconstruction in Indonesia’s Aceh province, the hardest-hit area.

INDONESIA

— Deaths: 167,540, more than half the total.

— Houses destroyed: 170,000.

— Houses rebuilt: 140,000.

SRI LANKA

— Deaths: 34,400.

— Houses destroyed: 119,562.

— Houses rebuilt: 112,543.

INDIA

— Deaths: 14,627.

— Houses destroyed or damaged: 85,000.

— Houses rebuilt: 70,000.

THAILAND

— Deaths: 8,324.

— Houses destroyed: 3,615.

— Houses damaged: 3,209.

— Houses rebuilt: more than 3,000.

Sources: United Nations and governments of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.