Environment Stories

Natural Disaster Stories

Tsunami Stories:

• One Year Later, A Development Practitioner Reflects
• One Year Later, A Survivor Remembers
• Children in Affected Countries
• 270 Days Later
• Aceh Widows Begin Rebuilding
• Six Months After
• Rebuilding Efforts Underway

View a map of the tsunami-affected areas

On the World Bank site: One Year Later: Stories of Recovery

Tsunami: Children in Affected Countries

Children account for a large proportion of casualties in the December 2004 Tsunami, both because they represent almost half of the overall population of the eight hardest-hit countries and they were physically less able to outrun the water or withstand the force of the water and/or debris.

*(in thousands)
Source: State of World Children 2005, UNICEF