One hour after the earthquake in Thailand, people still do not know that people have died in Indonesia. People climbed upon the tops of hotels to survive. The Geomorphology (shape and orientation) of the coastline determined death tolls along the coast of Thailand, and this was shown along the West coast of the Island of Phuket. The exposed bays which faced the wave bore the brunt of the wave, whereas bays which faced away got of relatively lightly. Surin Bay and Beach had a steep beach and protecting headland, and was relatively untouched. The water was only 30cm deep there, but in Kamala beach the bay faced the wave, had a very shallow gradient allowing the wave to build up and had low land behind the bay. Kamala was devastated. Buildings and decking were ripped up. Phuket was hit by a second wave 15 minutes later, which was even bigger than the first wave. Multiple waves in Tsunamis are normal. The second wave rolled around the whole of Kamala bay. As the water retreats back out to sea it pulled cars, debris, fishing boats and people back out with it coolgeography.co.uk December 26, 2014: A Decade Commemoration of the Boxing Day Tsunami
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:52:29 +0000
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