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GATEWAY TO INDONESIA  Information & Research Resources     Focus on Current Affairs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7   National and International Media Links INDONESIA MONITOR   Home  History Presidents Special Topics Country Profile Political Profile Economic Profile Cultural Profile  Maps  Books Site Map Contact Us Political Sukarno Years Political Parties Suharto Years Government Habibie Military A R Wahid Govt Profiles Megawati MPR Profiles International Relations Elections     MILITARY WIRANTO MILITARY PROFILES S B YUDHOYONO  ARMS SALES PRABOWO Please report broken links to webmaster   THE INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI DISASTER December 2004 1 2 IN PICTURES (published by various media as quoted) Time PhotoEssay: At the Epicenter TIME: Portraits of a Tragedy TIME: Deadly wave - What causes a Tsunami? IN PICTURES - TSUNAMI DISASTER IN INDONESIA Guardian: Disaster around the Indian ocean in pictures- Dec 2004 Guardian : IN PICTURES - TSUNAMI DISASTER IN INDONESIA           Washington DC: President and Mrs George W Bush, Ex Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. Bush visit Indonesian Embassy to express their condolences 01/03/05     Book of Condolences Indonesian Embassy Washington D.C. Photos of Presidential visit 01/03/05 Book of Condolences Photos 1 Book of Condolences 2 Candlelight vigil Washington DC 01/15/05   Source: Indonesian Embassy, Washington DC Relief Assistance and Donations for victims Disaster in Indonesia Disaster in India Disaster in Thailand Disaster in Sri Lanka Disaster in Malaysia Aftermath around the Indian Ocean TIME: The Aftermath 01/17/05 TIME Asia Photo Essays: Portraits of Tragedy A Photographic look at the drama and devastation TIMEAsia Photo Essay: Tsunami Indonesia       Visit to Tsunami stricken Aceh. President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono meets Ex US Presidents Bush and Clinton at Polonia Airport Medan 02/20/05   BBC: US to begin Aceh pull-out The USS Abraham Lincoln provided crucial support post-tsunami 02/03/05  CNN: Australian PM Howard with a Tsunami survivor who gave birth in an Aceh hospital 02/02/05     BBC: Schools are open in Aceh, but signs of the disaster are all too visible 01/27/05 TIME: A remarkable job of averting epidemics 01/23/05      Jakarta Post: German soldiers unload medical supplies outside the Zainoel Abidin General Hospital in Banda Aceh. The hospital currently has 500 medical staff from about a dozen countries to help the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami 01/22/05   CNN: Singapore media published reports saying the tsunami may have reduced water depths by 3,000 feet in the Aceh sea bed 01/27/05     VOA: US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, front right, walks with Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono after their meeting in Jakarta 1/16/05  CNN: A Japanese military medical team arrives at Banda Aceh Sunday 01/16/05     CNN: Kofi Annan with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jakarta 01/06/05 BBC: Colin Powell has visited areas ravaged by the tsunami 01/08/05 MSNBC: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell observes a moment of silence for the tsunami victims before the opening of of the donors' conference in Jakarta, Indonesia 01/06/05 Jakarta Post: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell taps the back of Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda as Florida Governor Jeb Bush looks on. Powell and Bush arrived in Jakarta on Tuesday to attend a summit on the tsunami aid program and to visit Aceh to coordinate relief efforts 01/05/05 TheAge : Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, left, with John Howard on his arrival  Generous package sets Australia apart 01/07/05   The Age: John Howard hugs Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 01/06/05 CNN: Powell and Annan meet in Jakarta, where it was announced the U.N. was taking over the relief effort. 01/06/05   CNN:  Colin Powell, right, stands with Jeb Bush and Indonesian Foreign Minister Nur Hassan Wirajuda 01/05/05 MSNBC: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell walks toward a tent hospital at Banda Aceh airport after a helicopter inspection of the tsunami-ravaged area in Aceh 01/05/05 CBS: Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihad (left) escorts U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) and World Bank President James Wolfensohn (rear, center) to a helicopter in Banda Aceh 01/07/05 FoxNews: Secretary of State Colin Powell and Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush arrive in Banda Aceh, Indonesia 01/05/05 TheAge: Australian Trooper Danny Heller, of A Squadron 5/5th Aviation Wing, views the devastation of Lhoong, 75 kilometres south-west of Banda Aceh, from an Iroquois helicopter. The helicopter had just done an aid drop 01/09/05 BBC: Immediate aid must be balanced with long-term reconstruction Picture of Meulaboh 01/06/05 CBS: An aerial view of the flattened city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, shows the almost total destruction of the tsunami 01/07/05 BBC: Indonesian soldiers have a new task - disposing of the dead 01/08/05 CBS: Twelve-year-old Naturidi, who so far as he knows is the only person in his family to survive the tsunami, holds a balloon given to him by a doctor at a tent hospital in Banda Aceh 01/07/05     Time: Residents of Aceh province crowd a U.S. Navy helicopter in hopes of receiving food and other emergency supplies 01/17/05 Time: HELPING OUT: The Indonesian military in Aceh 01/17/05     CNN: Villagers near Meulaboh try to grab emergency rations from a helicopter 01/06/05 BBC: Meulaboh refugees are growing impatient with the local relief effort 01/06/05 BBC: Aid operation in full swing 01/06/05 BBC: Aid operation in full swing 01/06/05 CNN: Bags of rice are loaded onto a helicopter aboard USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean 01/06/05 CNN: Relief goods for tsunami victims are loaded on a truck in the center of Banda Aceh 01/06/05 MSNBC: This U.S. military helicopter had to make a hard landing Monday in Banda Aceh, turning over on its side and injuring the 10 crew members who were on a relief mission 01/10/05 CNN: Canadian aid bound for South Asia 10/01/05  TheAge: Australian Army doctors treat their first patient at a mobile ward set up in Banda Aceh 01/10/05    NYT: An American medical officer carried an injured child on Tuesday after arriving by helicopter at the military airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia 01/05/05     CNN: Spanish troops join aid efforts. Most of the 650 Spanish troops will head to Indonesia 01/08/05 CNN: A survivor of the tsunami is carried by U.S. Navy sailors for medical attention in Banda Aceh 01/10/05     NYT: A member of the U.S. Navy from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln prepared to unload bottled water at the airport in Banda Aceh, Indonesia 01/01/05   FoxNews: A U.S. Navy crewman waits to load containers on a helicopter bound for remote parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island 01/05/05      FoxNews: Men take a break from cleaning up tsunami debris in the mostly-destroyed city of Banda Aceh on Sumatra island01/05/05 NY Times: Secretary of State Colin L. Powell visited the Indonesian province of Banda Aceh, where elephants helped clear debris 01/01/05   BBC At A Glance : Countries Hit 01/04/05     BBC: Confirmed Death Tolls 01/02/05 1 Indonesia: 80,246 7 Maldives: 73 2 Sri Lanka: 28,627 8 Malaysia: 66 3 India 9,451 (inc Andaman and Nicobar Is) 9 Tanzania: 10 4 Thailand: 4,812 10 Seychelles: 1 5 Somalia: 142 11 Bangladesh: 2 6 Burma: 53 12 Kenya: 1 Asia Tsunami, Quake Death Toll by Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 9, 2005 Filed at 5:55 a.m. ET At least 150,637 people are reported dead in southern Asia and eastern Africa, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines following an earthquake on Dec. 26. 1 Indonesia: 104,055 7 Maldives: 82 2 Sri Lanka: 30,718 8 Malaysia: 68 3 India ): 10,022 (incl Andaman and Nicobar Isl) 9 Tanzania 10 4 Thailand: 5,291 10 Seychelles: 1 5 Somalia: 298 11 Bangladesh: 2 6 Myanmar 90 12 Kenya: 1 MSNBC: Tsunami Fact Box 01/04/05   Indonesia At least 100,000 people are believed dead in Aceh and Northern Sumatra, while some 500,000 people are sheltering in scattered refugee camps across the province, the UN estimates. Large swathes of Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Calang and their outlying districts are completely destroyed. To speed up aid delivery, the Australian Air Force has assisted in improving air traffic control at Banda Aceh airport. The UN is moving supplies by truck along the road from the regional capital Medan. Other agencies are shipping relief by sea to outlying islands. The ports of Belawan and Lhokseumawe are the nearest harbours undamaged by the tsunami. 01/08/05   BBC: At least 94,200 people are believed dead in Aceh and Northern Sumatra, while some 387,000 people are sheltering in scattered refugee camps across the province, the UN estimates. 01/06/05   INDONESIA BBC: Impact - The west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the closest inhabited area to the epicentre of the earthquake, was devastated by the tsunami. More than 70% of the inhabitants of some coastal villages are reported to have died. Toll: The death toll stands at 94,000 but officials expect it to rise. Heavy rains after the tsunami in Aceh, northern Sumatra, have increased the risk of cholera and other waterborne diseases. Aid: All infrastructure has been wiped out in the worst-affected areas, leaving people in need of water and food as well as shelter. Many local government officials are themselves dead or missing. Aid organisations were barred from the area because of separatist conflict, until the tsunami struck 01/04/05   IN PICTURES - TSUNAMI DISASTER IN INDONESIA 1 2 3   BOOKS ON INDONESIA     editor indonesia-pusaka

Satellite pictures show how much of Banda Aceh has been devastated   BEFORE   AFTER     NYT: Asia's Deadly Waves 12/30/04   Guardian: Grief 12/29/04   Guardian: 'Please help 12/31/04 BBC: The centre of Banda Aceh has been devastated 12/28/04   Guardian The once-bustling port of Banda Aceh taken from a RAAF Hercules relief flight 12/29/04     Guardian: Refugees hold out their bowls to receive rice at a refugee camp in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. 01/06/05   BBC: There are fears that orphans could be vulnerable to criminal gangs 01/06/05