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The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
9.1–9.3. Depth. 30. Epicenter. Indian Ocean, off the coast of Sumatra. Casualties. 31,229 confirmed dead, 4,093 missing, 21,411 injured. Sri Lanka was one of the countries struck by the tsunami resulting from the Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26, 2004. On January 3, 2005, Sri Lankan authorities reported 30,000+ confirmed deaths.
The island country of Sri Lanka, located about 1,700 km (1,100 mi) from Sumatra, was ravaged by the tsunami around 2 hours after the earthquake. The tsunami first struck the eastern coastline and subsequently refracted around the southern point of Sri Lanka (Dondra Head).
On December 26, 2004, the earthquake, which struck off the northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generated a tsunami that wreaked havoc along much of the rim of the Indian Ocean. Particularly hard-hit were the countries of Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. About 50,000 people were killed, tens of thousands more were ...
The Colombo Sri Lanka District encompasses the country of Sri Lanka. As of February 2023, there were five branches in Sri Lanka, [3] namely: Chilaw Branch; Colombo 1st Branch; Colombo 2nd Branch; Kandy Branch; Negombo Branch; All congregations in a district are considered a branch regardless of size and participation.
Yala lay in the direct path of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which impacted Sri Lanka 90 minutes after its generation. [4] The tsunami caused severe but localized damage on the park, [5] with around 250 people being killed. [6] The tsunami wave was reported to be 20 feet (6.1 m) high.
While on vacation at Sri Lanka's Yala National Park in December 2004, she lost her husband, [8] their two sons, her parents, her best friend, and her best friend's mother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. [9] The tsunami carried her two miles inland and she was able to survive by clinging to a tree branch.
According to Mr Vasantharajah, Head of Sri Lanka Red Cross in Batticaloa, both were part of a group of six aid workers sent from Batticaloa who had been sent on May 30, 2007 to Colombo. [1] After completing the training program on May 30 and June 1, the group had gone to the main Fort Railway station in the Capital Colombo at 6:30 p.m. Friday ...