Indian Ocean Tsunami Interactive: How and where the waves killed thousands

The toll of the Indian Ocean Tsunami runs into hundreds of thousands.

It is exactly a year since the Indian Ocean Tsunami killed thousands of people across Asia. The interactive story map below shows how the earthquake triggered a series of catastrophic incidents across the continent.

Most of the affected areas have since recovered from the impact of the devastating tsunami, but it won’t be that easy to heal the mental scars on the people.

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