Natural Disaster Tsunami Sri Lanka More people have died in Sri Lanka as a result of the tsunami than anywhere else apart from Indonesia Southern and eastern coastlines have been ravaged Homes crops and fishing boats have all been destroyed Some 30 882 have died and thousands more are missing The number of homeless people is put at between 800 000 and one million A relief operation is in full swing but a row is intensifying over whether the government has given enough assistance to the north eastern part of the country controlled by Tamil rebels BBC correspondents say the disaster now looks
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Natural Disaster Tsunami Sri Lanka More people have died in Sri Lanka as a result of the tsunami than anywhere else apart from Indonesia Southern and eastern coastlines have been ravaged Homes crops and fishing boats have all been destroyed Some 30 882 have died and thousands more are missing The number of homeless people is put at between 800 000 and one million A relief operation is in full swing but a row is intensifying over whether the government has given enough assistance to the north eastern part of the country controlled by Tamil rebels BBC correspondents say the disaster now looks likely to exacerbate rather than resolve ethnic grievances Our Picture Shows Children drawing in Galgoda refugee camp Children Disaster Earthquake January 2005 2000s Mirrorpix LAFRSSFEB05 2601