Tsunami 10th anniversary In this Jan. 1, 2005 file photo, Lakshmi, center, Selvi, right, and Ariamala, rear with mask, grieve as earthmovers clear debris of their damaged house at a fishermens colony which was hit by a tsunami, in Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In this Dec. 27, 2004 file photo, people displaced by the tsunami mourn their losses as they sit inside a relief camp at a temple in Varichikudi, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Madras, India. Friday marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, leaving more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and causing about $10 billion in damage. Countries from Indonesia to India to Africas east coast were hit, leaving shocking scenes of death and destruction A Sri Lankan man cries as he carries the body of a young relative to a hospital in Karapitiya outside Galle in this December 27, 2004 file photo. An injured tourist is sent to a hospital after a tsunami hit Phuket, south of Bangkok, in this December 26, 2004 file photo. A Sri Lankan woman sits in front of her destroyed house in Kalmunai in this December 30, 2004 file photo. On December 26, 2004
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