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 | Rescue workers from Taiwan remove a tsunami victim discovered in Khao Lak, about 115 km north of the Thai island of Phuket, on December 29, 2004. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. click to open  |  | A Thai woman goes through salvaged items outside her house in Khao Lak, Thailand December 29, 2004. The tsunami which ripped apart tourist-packed Khao Lak beach in south Thailand may have killed 3,000 people there, local police said on Wednesday. Major Chakrit Kaewwattana told Reuters more than 1,800 bodies had been recovered from the beach and its luxury hotels popular with Western and Asian tourists, especially Scandinavians and Germans escaping the winter back home. click to open |  | A Thai health official sprays disinfectant on corpses awaiting to be identified in a temple off the coast of Ban Muan, nearly 120 km north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 29, 2004. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. click to open |  | Swedish tourists wait for their flight at Phuket Airport, Thailand December 29, 2004. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. click to open |  | Debris is strewn at a hotel near the popular Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand December 29, 2004 after a tsunami slammed the coast. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. click to open |  | A rescue worker looks at dead bodies at a relief center set up at a temple in Khao Lak, north of the devastated Thai tourist resort island of Phuket following the massive tsunami that slammed into the Thai coastline. click to open |  | A worker clears debris in the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 29, 2004. Rescuers scoured remote coastlines around the Indian Ocean for survivors of Sunday's devastating tsunami. click to open |
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