Recovering from a disaster
On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and southern coastline of Sri Lanka, crushing hundreds of villages and towns, killing a...
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| description | On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and southern coastline of Sri Lanka, crushing hundreds of villages and towns, killing and maiming tens of thousands of people within seconds. When the waves pulled back, and the ocean calmed down, local people came running to the scene to help. In the first couple of days after the disaster the survivors and their helpers had to manage largely on their own. When the professional experts arrived, most of them without any prior knowledge about the country, they took full command over the situation, brushing aside the local communities and their indigenous emergency systems. At this stage, those who were meant to die had already succumbed, and most of the wounded had received assistance from friends and neighbours. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-353832025-01-26T12:16:15Z Recovering from a disaster Olav Øyhus, Arne rebuilding tsunami sri lanka Emergency management Hambantota Kirinda Recovery approach Social capital Tangalle thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences On 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre outside the coast of Sumatra generated a series of gigantic waves, tsunamis. At 8.35 hours the waves reached the eastern and southern coastline of Sri Lanka, crushing hundreds of villages and towns, killing and maiming tens of thousands of people within seconds. When the waves pulled back, and the ocean calmed down, local people came running to the scene to help. In the first couple of days after the disaster the survivors and their helpers had to manage largely on their own. When the professional experts arrived, most of them without any prior knowledge about the country, they took full command over the situation, brushing aside the local communities and their indigenous emergency systems. At this stage, those who were meant to die had already succumbed, and most of the wounded had received assistance from friends and neighbours. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-08-01 23:55:55 2018-06-28 15:17:11 2020-04-01T13:25:28Z 2017 book 637306 OCN: 1030820275 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31156 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35383 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31156/1/637306.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31156/1/637306.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31156/1/637306.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31156/1/637306.pdf Cappelen Damm Akademisk/NOASP (Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing) 10.23865/noasp.15 10.23865/noasp.15 9266f8a8-a49e-4697-9bd1-69645f9037c2 168 open access |
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