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Indian Ocean Tsunami

A woman cries after her son was beaten in a fight over the equitable distribution of saris and gas stoves donated by an NGO in the fishing village of Perumalpettai in Tamil Nadu, India on January 20, 2005. The area was struck by the Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26, 2004, killing 37 of the villagers and destroying nearly all of their fishing boats. Generated by an earthquake on the ocean floor, the tsunami devastated the fishing industry along the southeastern coast of India.

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Angela Jimenez 2005
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2005 Indian Ocean Tsunami
A woman cries after her son was beaten in a fight over the equitable distribution of saris and gas stoves donated by an NGO in the fishing village of Perumalpettai in Tamil Nadu, India on January 20, 2005. The area was struck by the Indian Ocean Tsunami on December 26, 2004, killing 37 of the villagers and destroying nearly all of their fishing boats. Generated by an earthquake on the ocean floor, the tsunami devastated the fishing industry along the southeastern coast of India.