Travel news/2004
From Halal Explorer
December 2004
Earthquake and tsunami devastates south-east and south Asia
[[File:2004 Indonesia Tsunami edit.gif|2004 Indonesia Tsunami edit]]
28 December 2004
Travellers are now being warned to revise their travel plans to the affected areas to Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, etc, not merely on account of the devastation and danger of aftershocks, but also on account of threat of disease from contaminated water and unrecovered bodies.
27 December 2004
Although hampered by distance, isolation and poor communications, reports are coming in that tell of potentially hundreds (if not thousands) of tourist deaths in the areas, alongside the horrific toll the waves have taken on local inhabitants.
26 December 2004
[[File:Street in downtown Banda Aceh after 2004 tsunami DD-SD-06-07372.JPEG|Tsunami inundation height can be seen on a house in Banda Aceh]]
An extremely powerful, undersea earthquake of magnitude 9.0 off the north coast of the [[Indonesia|Indonesian island of Sumatra created a devastating tsunami (tidal wave) that has wrought devastation along the coasts of countries neighbouring the north Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal - these include Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and the Maldives. According to Irwan Shah, Co-Founder of Asiarooms.com, 40 families are missing in Khao Lak, Ko Phi Phi.