For nøjagtig ti år siden ramte en af verdens værste naturkatastrofer Det Indiske Ocean og dræbte over 230.000 mennesker. Se før- og efterbillederne fra de ødelagte områder
Indonesien blev hårdest ramt af tsunamien i 2004. Aceh-provinsen på Sumatra blev først rystet af det særdeles kraftige jordskælv, som i sig selv førte til store ødelæggelser, derefter fulgte syv tsunamier af varierende styrke. Her ses en vej i Aceh-provinsen umiddelbart efter katastrofen. Foto: Scanpix.
Anden juledag 2004 er en dag, mange sent vil glemme.
Et jordskælv, der forårsagede en af vor tids værste naturkatastrofe, ramte 14 lande i Det Indiske Ocean og kom fuldstændig bag på seismologerne.
Den efterfølgende tsunami dræbte over 230.000 mennesker og udløste sorg i store dele af verden.
Tsunamien, der ifølge det amerikanske geologiske institut, USGS, udledte samme energi som 23.000 Hiroshima-atombomber, førte til ekstreme ødelæggelser.
Værst gik det ud over Indonesien, Sri Lanka, Indien og Thailand.
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Herhjemme fulgte mange danskere chokeret med i udviklingen på tv, og et massivt hjælpearbejde blev sat i værk.
Ønsket om at hjælpe de mange nødlidende efter tsunamien var stort.
For eksempel gav private danskere mere end 40 millioner kroner til UNICEFs hjælpearbejde, og på verdensplan blev der i alt samlet 14 milliarder dollar ind til nødhjælp og genopbygning.
75 procent af de indsamlede midler kom fra private bidragydere.
I dag - 10 år efter katastrofen - er store dele af de ramte områder tilbage til normalen, men tsunamien har sat store ar i sjælen på befolkningen, der i dag mindes de dræbte ved mindeceremonier.
Kristeligt Dagblad har samlet billeder fra dengang og nu i de områder, hvor tsunamien ramte.
This combo shows a file photo (top) taken with a telephoto lens on January 16, 2005 of a partly damaged mosque in the Lampuuk coastal district of Banda Aceh where surrounding houses were wiped out in the aftermath of the massive December 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and the same location photographed with a wide angle lens on December 1, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated mosque surrounded by new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark December 26, 2014 the 10th year an....
This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on December 27, 2004 of heavy debris spread across the grounds of Banda Aceh's Baiturrahaman mosque in Aceh province, located on Indonesia's Sumatra island where surrounding houses and buildings were heavily damaged and coastal villages wiped out in the aftermath of the massive December 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake, and the same location photographed on November 27, 2014 (bottom) showing the renovated grounds. Indonesia will mark December ....
This combo shows a file photo (top) taken on January 5, 2005 of the devastated district of Banda Aceh in Aceh province located on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the aftermath of the massive December 26, 2004 tsunami trigerred by an earthquake and the same location photographed on December 1, 2014 (bottom) showing new houses and rebuilt community. Indonesia will mark December 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170, 000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousa....
The aerial view of Marina beach after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean hit the area in the southern Indian city of Madras in this December 26, 2004 file photo. On December 26, 2004, the magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226, 000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. REUTERS/Babu/Files (INDIA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A man cycles along the flooded Karaitivu road in Kalmunai in Sri Lanka's east coast in this January 2, 2005 file photo. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226, 000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty/Files (SRI LANKA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY)
A Buddhist monk looks at a wrecked carriage after an entire train was destroyed by Sunday's tsunami in the town of Paraliya, south of Colombo in this December 30, 2004 file photo. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.15 quake off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed around 226, 000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty/Files (SRI LANKA - Tags: DISASTER ANNIVERSARY)
epa04522595 (FILE) A file picture dated 31 December 2004 shows people placing candles and roses just a few minutes prior to midnight on 2005 New Year's Eve to pay respect to tsunami victims, in Patong, Phuket, Thailand. December 2014 marks the tenth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, or Boxing Day tsunami, which struck on 26 December 2004, triggered by a 9.2 earthquake in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. On the western coast of Thailand, the sea rece....
I dag mindes man verden over de næsten 250.000 mennesker, som blev dræbt af tsunamien i 2004, ved en række ceremonier.
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 9, 2005 shows an impassable main coastal road covered with debris in Aceh Besar district, in Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island, an area which was devastated in the earthquake and tsunami on December 26, 2004. Indonesia will mark on December 26, 2014 the 10th year anniversary of the deadly tsunami which killed more than 170, 000 people in Aceh, and tens of thousands of others in other countries around the Indian Ocean. AFP PHOTO / FILES / CHOO YOUN-KONG
