| Reports & Commentary |
| After
the Waves |
Tony Karon's report on
"the grim task of cleanup and identifying the dead throughout south
Asia" (Time Online Edition, Dec. 29, 2004) |
| Asia’s
Post-Tsunami Future |
Commentary on
challenges & opportunities after the tsunami disaster, by Fan
Gang, Michael Garrett and Jean-Pierre Lehmann (Asia Media,
Jan. 20, 2005) |
| AsiaInt
Weekly Alert: Indian Ocean Tsunami Analysis |
Analysis of costs
& regional responses by Intelligence Research Ltd. (Jan. 7,
2005; PDF format) |
| At
Least 23,000 Die in Tsunami |
Shankhadeep Choudhury
and Paul Watson's report, with photo gallery, multimedia, &
related stories (Los Angeles Times, Dec. 27, 2004) |
| Bush
Provides Details of U.S. Tsunami Relief Efforts |
From the U.S.
Department of State (Dec. 29, 2004) |
| Death
Toll Soaring in Asian Countries |
Report by Alan Sipress
and Peter S. Goodman, with photo gallery, multimedia, earthquake data,
& related stories (Washington Post, Dec.
27, 2004) |
| Did
Animals Sense Tsunami Was Coming? |
Maryann Mott's report
for National Geographic News (Jan. 4, 2005) |
1. Disasters
Waiting to Happen;
2. Reasons
to be Cheerful |
Jared Diamond's
warning about future man-made environmental catastrophes that will be
much worse than the tsunami disaster that was an act of nature,
& his cautious optimism about the future of our planet (The
Guardian, Jan. 6 & 13, 2005) |
| The
Drowned World |
Time's
collection of photos from the aftermath of the catastrophe |
| Earthquake’s
Size, Damage Called Biblical |
Interview with
geologist Gianluca Valensise on "the significance of Sunday’s
deadly quake and resulting tsunamis [&] how the world should
prepare for the next one" (Newsweek Web Exclusive,
Dec. 27, 2004) |
| Hope
for Renewal: Photographs from Indonesia after the Tsunami |
An East-West Center
Virtual Gallery Exhibition |
| An
Initial Assessment of the Impact of the Earthquake and Tsunami of
December 26, 2004 on South and Southeast Asia |
Asian Development
Bank's summary of available information till Jan. 10, 2005 (Jan. 2005;
PDF format) |
| IRIS Seismic Monitor |
Allows users "to
monitor global earthquakes in near real-time, visit seismic stations
around the world, and search the web for earthquake or region-related
information ...[&] view seismograms and make dataset requests
via its WILBER interface" |
| Magnitude
9.0 - Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra |
Preliminary report by
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center (Dec.
26, 2004) |
| Major
Tsunami Thrashes SE Asia |
Report by Peter N.
Spotts, with map & tsunami briefing (Christian
Science Monitor, Dec. 27, 2004) |
| NOAA
Reacts Quickly to Indonesian Tsunami |
National Oceanic
& Atmospheric Administration's account with map of epicenter,
animation, & general information on tsunamis (Dec. 26, 2004) |
| Satellite
Images of Tsunami Affected Areas |
Acquired by the Centre
for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing at the National University
of Singapore |
| Seismic
Alert: Off West Coast of Northern Sumatra, 26 Dec 2004 |
Report by the British
Geological Survey (BGS), with seismograms of the earthquake, historical
& instrumental seismicity of Northern Sumatra, & list
of tsunami & earthquake information sites |
| Tallying
the Damage |
A special report by
Michael Schumann for Time Asia (posted Jan. 3,
2005) |
| Tide
of Grief |
Newsweek
reports & photo galleries on the tsunami disaster (Jan. 10,
2005 issue) |
Tsunami: Asia Will
Bounce Back
Urgent
Needs Obscure Long-Term Costs;
India,
Sri Lanka Count the Cost;
Aceh
Feels the Fallout;
Thailand
to Turn Tragedy Around;
Malaysia
Escapes, But Not Unscathed |
Asia Times
Online's coverage of the economic impact of the disaster on
affected countries (Jan. 4, 2005) |
| Tsunami:
Nature's Test for ASEAN's New Leadership |
Commentary by Yang
Razali Kassim, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore (Jan. 12, 2005; Word format) |
| Tsunami:
Receding waters, Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka |
14 sets of "Before"
and "After" satellite photos |
| Tsunami:
Politics of Relief in Sri Lanka |
Analysis by Col R.
Hariharan (South Asia Analysis Group, Jan. 21, 2005) |
| Tsumami:
Six Months Later |
Documenting "the
struggles of children, individuals, and communities in Indonesia, Sri
Lanka and India to rebuild their lives six months after the tsunami,
and outlines how Plan[, a global grassroots organization working to
improve children's lives,] has been working with them on the recovery
process" (June 2005; PDF format) |
| Tsunami,
Ground Zero |
Jeff Greenwald's
report from Sri Lanka (Salon, Jan. 11, 2005) |
| The
Tsunami--- Some Security Aspects |
Paper by B. Raman
(South Asia Analysis Group, Jan. 4, 2004) |
| Tsunami
Aid Efforts Gain Momentum |
Report by Richard B.
Schmitt and Maggie Farley (Los Angeles Times, Jan.
2, 2004) |
| The
Tsunami & After |
Paper by B. Raman
(South Asia Analysis Group, Jan. 3, 2004) |
Tsunami
and China:
Relief with Chinese Characteristics
|
Commentary by Srikanth
Kondapalli, Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses, New Dehli
(Jan. 20, 2005; Word format) |
| The
Tsunami & the LTTE |
B. Raman's analysis of
the situation in Sri Lanka (South Asia Analysis Group, Jan. 10, 2004) |
| Tsunami
Catastrophe: Images of Destruction Then and Now |
Der Spiegel's
online gallery (Dec. 23, 2005) |
| Tsunami
Media Convergence: Not a Fair Guiding Principle for Aid |
Graham Wood on the
impact of media on the distribution of humanitarian aid (Christian
Science Monitor, Jan. 24, 2005) |
| Tsunami
Relief Reflects China's Regional Aspirations |
Drew Thompson's
commentary on China's political goals in launching "its largest-ever
relief operation" (China Brief, Jan. 18, 2005) |
| Tsunami
Truths |
Moisés
Naím's editorial on lessons from the tsunami disaster (Foreign
Policy, Jan. 2005; free registration required) |
| Tsunami's
Carnage Is Vast |
Mark Magnier and Paul
Watson's report with photo gallery, multimedia, & links to
related stories (Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28, 2004) |
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