tsunami in penang 2004

Dead fish are strewn across a beach in Penang a day after an earthquake-triggered. Disasters natural or man-made bring numerous health care challenges.

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Locals view damage on the shore in Tanjung Bungah northern state of Penang Malaysia Monday 27 December 2004.

. Beachgoers at Penangs popular Batu Ferringhi had then been saved from the deadly tsunami when alert Civil Defence Department. The second but actually earlier event spread over a week starting in mid-December was a local and parochial outcry over Penangs loss of shine. Within hours the tsunami of 26 December ended the year 2004 most horribly.

Los golpes de estado en Tailandia por ejemplo han tendido a favorecer a destinos de países vecinos como Penang y. Tsunami In Penang 26th Dec 2004 The Beach I used to jog in my younger day. In the hours that followed a massive tsunami fanned out across the Indian Ocean.

The wave crashing into the road at George Town Penang. Tsunami devastation in Malaysia. Another positive outcome following the 2004 tsunami is knowledge development in the field of natural disaster management in Malaysia especially following studies conducted by IACETRM since 2005.

Penang floating Mosque was built in the year 2004 in an attempt to refurbish a rather smaller mosque which was destroyed by the Tsunami in the same year. Despite its proximity to the epicentre of the earthquake Malaysia escaped the kind of damage that struck countries hundreds of miles further away. Disasters natural or man-made bring numerous health care challenges.

The authority took this. Foreign tourists look at damage caused by the tsunami in Phuket on December 26 2004. Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami disaster.

A tidal wave triggered by a massive 89 earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused extensive destruction and loss of life in the Indian Ocean basin nations. Not even safe safe Penang was spared the tsunamis grievous destruction. Penang has a total area of 1048 square kilometers population year 2010 of 1 577 300 Penang Island 704 376 and a.

In the Asian tsunami on December 26 2004 some of the northwestern coastal areas of Malaysia particularly the island of Penang. Shot from walkway above the Penang Beach shore long shot of ocean before three men are caught in battering waves. An early mental health intervention program was carried out in Balik Pulau Penang an area badly affected by the tsunami indicating that the intervention program in the first 2 weeks after the tsunami disaster with referrals to medical services may have helped stabilize the victims.

In the Asian tsunami on December 26 2004 some of the northwestern coastal areas of Malaysia particularly the island of Penang were affected with devastating effects on the. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami caused by a magnitude 93 earthquake off Sumatran coastline was the first tsunami to have reached Malaysia in the countrys own recorded history though there are brief records of other tsunami reaching Malaysian coastline in the past. Three newspapers the New Straits.

In any crisis mental health programs are a requirement during both the acute and postemergency phases. Up to 7721 fishermen were affected by the tsunami in Kedah Penang Perak Perlis and Selangor due to damaged boats and fishing gears. Since the epicentre was on the western coast of.

This paper reviewed relevant literature sources to highlight the intensity and. Malaysia was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December 2004. We normally go there for in Malaysia it is a long stretch of holiday.

Chooi Im in Tanjong Bungah Penang Chooi im in hokkien dialect means flooded On this day my family would be enjoying snorkeling in one of the beaches in Krabi Thailand. Tsunami at Tanjung Bungah of Penang Island. Location of Penang Island Malaysia affected by the Asian tsunami Affected areas in Penang Island visited by early intervention caregivers.

GEORGE TOWN Dec 26 Fifty-two people died in Penang and more than 200 were injured when giant waves triggered by an undersea earthquake off Aceh in Indonesia slammed into the islands coastline 10 years ago today. In any crisis mental. Over the next seven hours a tsunami a series of immense ocean wavestriggered by the quake reached out across the Indian Ocean devastating coastal areas as far away as East Africa.

On December 26 2004 at 759 am local time an undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 91 struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Shortly before 0800 on 26 December 2004 a magnitude-91 earthquake struck under the sea in northern Indonesia. Bordered by Kedah in the east and north and by Perak in the south.

Tsunami In Penang Gurney Drive. This was the first time Penangites experienced Tsunami and many were caught by surprise.

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