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Journey To Sri Lanka Tampa Tribune reporter Monica Scandlen and Tribune photographer Jay Nolan traveled to Sri Lanka in February 2005. Monica Scandlen's Online Journal Photos | Postcard | Panorama Essence Of Sri Lanka It was Sunday morning, Dec. 26, 2004, and the tremor roiled a tsunami that raced across the Indian Ocean with incredible power and speed. Deadly tidal waves hit coastal areas in 11 countries. Torn by years of civil war, Sri Lanka is now battling to recover from a devastating tsunami. Full Story | Multimedia presentation

1 Year Later: A Long Way To Go TAMPA - Yasodha Ratnasekera knew people would forget. So in the days and weeks after a killer wave crashed ashore in his homeland, the TECO engineer poured himself into raising money to send to Sri Lanka. Full story | Local Couple Plan To Do More Interactive Maps Creating An Early Warning System Measuring Economic Damage Tracking The Dead And Missing Reclaiming A Battered Environment Building A Vital Road Photo Galleries Remembering The Dead And Missing Disaster Inspires Art Loss Leads To Baby Boom Indonesians' Thoughts On U.S. Aid Saving A Ruined Environment Video Presentations Orphans' Stories Of Survival Films Inspired By The Disaster

Complete Coverage: Mike Pena `I Dream About Those Waves' BRANDON - Alphonse ``Mike'' Pena saw it coming. As the Brandon resident relaxed Dec. 26 on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand, with his wife and son, the ocean retreated nearly a half-mile from what used to be the shoreline. Full Story Latest From The AP Christian And Jewish Faiths In Bay Area Drive For Relief Aid While local Buddhists, Muslims and others with ties to southern Asia have been raising thousands of dollars to help tsunami survivors, Bay area Christians and Jews have been giving as well. Full story Buddhists Raise More Than $10,000 For Thailand Relief Agencies Worldwide Troubles Dwarf Tsunami Toll Tragically less known are the avoidable crises of sickness and starvation never showcased on the nightly news or in two-hour celebrity telethons. Yet these crises routinely cause more death each month than what resulted from a few hours of the killer tsunami. Full story More Information Modern Technology Draws Us Closer To Tsunami    News of Asia's devastating tsunami reached the living rooms of most Americans in a matter of hours, through dramatic video taken by tourists, Internet postings and cell phones. [Full story] [Families Turn To Net To Find The Missing] [Local Indians Try To Reach Families] Beware Of Tsunami Charity Scams    Law enforcement officials say scam artists claiming to represent tsunami relief organizations are using e-mails and telephone calls to try to steal donations and swipe donors' identities. [Full story] [Child Trafficking Threatens Victims] [Littlest Tsunami Victims On Minds] Frail Survivors Rescued    KARIM RAJIA, Indonesia - U.S. helicopters rescued dozens of desperate and weak tsunami survivors, including a young girl clutching a stuffed Snoopy dog. [Full story] [Survivors Share Tales Of Luck, Horror] [Tsunami's Wrath Pains Couple From Sri Lanka] Source: The Tampa Tribune, The Associated Press Online producer: Vidisha Priyanka

Multimedia TBO.com Photo Gallery The earthquake-triggered tsunami catastrophe in Asia killed more than 94,000 people in Indonesia alone. • View photos Where To Donate Dozens of agencies are collecting money to aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami. • Relief Agencies • Where To Give Graphics and galleries: • Tsunami's Reach (jpg) | PDF • The geological changes (jpg) | PDF • Tsunami Disaster • Earthquakes Explained • AP photo gallery • MSNBC Videos Your comments: Do you have family or friends who live in the areas impacted by the tidal waves in Asia? • Write to us • Send pictures   Countries Hit By Tsunami • Indonesia • Sri Lanka • India • Thailand • Somalia • Myanmar • Maldives • Malaysia • Tanzania • Bangladesh • Kenya • Death Toll By Country   From The Tampa Tribune: 03/13/2005 Tampa Man Returns From Native Sri Lanka 02/20/2005 Tsunami Survivors, Families In Camps Give Anguishing Accounts 02/17/2005 Aid Brings Welcome Attention To War-Torn Nation 02/17/2005 NFL Players Travel To Help Relief Effort 02/16/2005 Documentary Is Survivor's Way Of Helping 02/13/2005 Hands-On Relief 01/13/2005 `I Dream About Those Waves,' Tsunami Survivor Says 01/13/2005 Friends Reunited After Tsunami 01/07/2005Littlest Tsunami Victims On Minds 01/06/2005 Law Enforcement Warns Of Tsunami Charity Scams 01/06/2005 Modern Technology Draws Us Closer To Tsunami 01/06/2005 Tsunami's Rising Death Toll, Devastation Shock Powell 01/06/2005 Child Trafficking Threatens Victims 01/05/2005 Christian And Jewish Faiths In Bay Area Drive For Relief Aid 01/04/2005 Frail Survivors Rescued 01/03/2005 Buddhists Raise More Than $10,000 For Thailand 01/01/2005 Survivors Share Tales Of Luck, Horror 12/31/2004 Tsunami's Wrath Pains Couple From Sri Lanka 12/30/2004 Families Turn To Net To Find The Missing 12/30/2004 Local Indians Try To Reach Families   Tsunami Links • Tsunami Research • NOAA Website • What is Tsunami? • Relief Agencies • Tsunami Warning Systems • FEMA • Weather history • Tsunami Blogs  Related Links: • Download Adobe Acrobat • Download Real One Player

 

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