Dead bodies are collected in the back of a truck at Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand after the December 26, 2004 tsunami.
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DEDDEDA / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
B889J0File size:
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5250 x 3500 px | 44.5 x 29.6 cm | 17.5 x 11.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
27 December 2004Location:
Patong Beach, Phuket, Phuket Island, Phuket Province, ThailandMore information:
Dead bodies are wrapped in white linen and collected in the back of a truck at Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand two days after the tsunamis hit the west coast of Thailand. On December 26, 2004, a major earthquake generated tsunamis that ravaged coastlines from Southeast Asia to Africa. Approximately 275, 000 people were killed and tens of thousands were left homeless, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history. This photograph was taken two days after the tsunami ravaged the West Coast of Thailand. The earthquake had a magnitude between 9.1 and 9.3 with the epicenter under the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.