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INDEPTH: DISASTER IN ASIA
The tsunami's path
CBC News Online | December 29, 2004

Scientists from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory simulated the path of the tsunami that struck South and Southeast Asia on Dec. 26.

Animation of tsunami simulation (courtesy PMEL in QuickTime format)

Computer model showing path of the tsunami, starting about one hour after the initial quake.
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DISASTER IN ASIA: MAIN PAGE DEALING WITH THE CRISIS TSUNAMI FAQs NEWS ARCHIVE MAP: COUNTRIES HIT TSUNAMI'S PATH DEAD AND MISSING THE LUCKY ONES A FLICKER OF HOPE TSUNAMI WARNING SOUTH COAST DISASTER: Newfoundland's tsunami
HOW TO HELP: HELPING TSUNAMI VICTIMS FOLLOWING THE MONEY CANADA FOR ASIA BENEFIT CONCERT CONSUMER TIPS: Charities HOW CHARITIES SPEND TSUNAMI ORPHANS
SURVIVORS' STORIES: Laura and Jeremy Rowley Oliver van Straaten Monique Smith Craig Logan
PHOTO GALLERIES: A year of recovery Six months later Banda Aceh rebuilds Tsunami strikes Jan. 21: Eid al-Adha in Aceh Jan. 19: Sustenance and spirit Jan. 18 Back to school, back to the sea Jan. 14/12: Relief and recovery Jan. 6: Latest satellite images Jan. 11: Tsunami aftermath Jan. 10: Aid and rebuilding Jan. 7: Restoring health and hope Jan. 6: Relief and rebuilding Mourning the tsunami victims Calang: Ground zero Phuket in ruins Photos from Jan. 4 Photos from Jan. 3 Photos from Dec. 31 Photos from Dec. 30 Photos from Dec. 28/29 Photos from Dec. 26/27 Satellite images
INTERACTIVES: Return to Banda Aceh How Simeulue survived the tsunami (Flash) Banda Aceh hospital (Flash) Calang: Ground Zero (Flash) Interactive map (Flash) Asian disaster (from CP - requires Flash)
WEB RESOURCES: BLOGS
CBC ARCHIVES: CANADA'S EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS
RELATED: UNTOLD STORIES: the fifth estate DEBT RELIEF FAQS WORLD'S WORST NATURAL DISASTERS TSUNAMI EARTHQUAKES DART: Canada's rapid response team REFUGEES: Anatomy of a refugee camp [Flash]
VIEWPOINT: Tsunami Relief Effort: Oxfam Diaries Rex Murphy's Point of View Robin Rowland: Tsunami '64
VIDEO FEATURES: Craig Logan
(Real Video Runs 3:01) Transcript of the Logan interview Paul Cougurier
(Real Video Runs 2:48) Sonja Podstawskyj
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AUDIO FEATURES: How does the media choose what pictures to show from the tsunami disaster? CBC Halifax host Don Connolly asks three experts (Real Audio Runs 13:20) Jason Doucette
(Real Audio Runs: 11:18)

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