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Damage Home on the shoreline of Velankanni, India a partially urbanized community mixed with mixed fishing and tourism economyImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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A Fisherman and his Daughter sit on the Remains of a damaged boat in Velankanni, IndiaImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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One of Many Damaged Boats that had been collected along the shoreline in IndiaImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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The Force of the Tsunami Completely Destroyed many Fishing Boats Leaving Villagers with No IncomeImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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This Picture shows some of the Damage to StructuresImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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This is one of many types of temporary shelters that were built. This particular design was the source of some debate due to the fact that villagers preferred them and they were cheaper to build, but they were highly flammable and presented a fire hazard that could rapidly envelop an entire village.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Many of the temporary shelters were constructed of fiberglass sheets tied to wooden frames as the shelter depicted here.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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In many of the costal, areas destroyed fiberboats littered the shore. This picture is one of the more extreme examples we saw.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Damaged structure among debris form other totally destroyed homes.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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The level of response and recovery varied from village to village, pictured here is a temporary shelter in the process of being constructed on the site of a destroyed building.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Costal Erosion was a Major Effect of the Tsunami as can bee seen in this picture.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Community Groups Funded by USAID worked to help Remove debris in Sri Lanka.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Evidence of Massive Erosion in the Natural Sand dunes in Sri Lanka.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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In the town of Hambantoa many homes and an entire business district had been destroyed. Shelters had begun to be constructed on the same sites.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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The government was attempting to repair rail lines that had been washed into the ocean by the Tsunami.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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The site of the train Derailment that resulted in the loss of nearly 1500 lives.Image Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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One of Hundreds of Large Boats that had been collected and placed wherever there was room at a port in IndiaImage Credit:Havidan Rodriguez,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Destroyed homes in Sria lanka. Note the clothing in the background hanging to dry another sign of the people living in and among the debris.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Destroyed homes in Sria lankaImage Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Villagers Reminded us of the importance of Motors such as these being repaired or replaced so they could begin to support themselves.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Villagers pose beside their destroyed homes after they showed us the destruction in their villages.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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A group of children pose for a picture in the villages children were playing in camps and among the debris, parents commented that many were having a difficult time sleeping at night.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Nets were found hanging in trees and on top of buildings with out these tools it was impossible for the fisherman to return to the sea.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Many of even the strongest homes in the costal areas were so badly damaged that roofs and walls were completely missing.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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Debris from destroyed homes was washed into the streets and paths making access to reaming or partially damaged homes difficult.Image Credit:Joseph Trainor,University of Delaware, Disaster Relief Center
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View of the swimming pool at the Triton Hotel Sri Lanka at 09:36 local time on 26 Dec 2004. The hotel is right on the beach (to the upper-left of the photo). A small wave had rolled over the swimming pool at about 09:30 bringing a lot of sand with it (height above normal sea level about 2m), but doing no damage. The clock in the camera was not accurately set, so the absolute times of all these photos have been estimated by shifting to a few points when I noted the time. The relative times will be very accurate. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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The beach at 9:55 local time, the hotel, Triton Hotel Sri Lanka, is to the right. Standing on the beach below the normal sea level. Normally the sea breaks on the bank to the right. More rocks are exposed. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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The beach at 10:05, about the lowest the water went 35 minutes after the small wave. Note all the rocks exposed. The men on the right are hotel staff who have cleared most people off the beach. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View from the top floor of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka above the swimming pool at 10:10. The sea has risen and is now a couple of metres above normal, just at the swimming pool level. The sea took 35 minutes to go down and 3 minutes to return. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View from the top floor of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka above the swimming pool at 10:11. Notice the tree and the boat from the previous photo. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View from the top floor of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka above the swimming pool at 10:12 about the highest level, about 5 minutes after the lowest. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View to the south of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka at about 10:13. The debris is furniture from the dining room of the hotel. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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A lady being rescued from a ground floor room of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka at 10:17 by hotel staff. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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The sea recedes at 10:23. The level has already dropped about 3 metres. There is a strong current outwards and to the south (left in photo). Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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This is a view of the swimming pool at the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka at 14:56. Apart from debris there is a lot of (heating) oil in the swimming pool. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View towards the dining room of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka at 14:58. All the glass windows have gone (broken glass caused the most injuries in this hotel). Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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Debris in the swimming pool and lobby of the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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View of the beach outside the Triton Hotel, Sri Lanka in the early evening. Photos Provided By: Chris Chapman, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, U.K
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