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Thousands have drowned and thousands are missing after a tsunami strikes India.
The world's most powerful earthquake in more than 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra,
triggering massive tsunamis that obliterated villages and seaside resorts in more than 10 countries.
Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water that rolled across the Bay of Bengal, unleashed
by the 9-magnitude quake.Thousands have drowned and thousands are missing after a tsunami strikes India.
As the aid effort gathers strength under rising fears of disease, the possibility of thousands more deaths is becoming
more apparent.
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