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Patong
Beach, Thailand
Taken by a local resident who was
about to film a marathon, the video captured
the massive earthquake as it shook the town
of Banda Aceh. Participants and spectators
of the marathon could be seen holding onto
the ground as they waited for the quake to
subside. Cars were jolted from side to side
by the 9.1-strong quake. |
Koh Phi
Phi Island, Thailand
Shot by an American tourist the video shows
the tsunami waves getting dangerously close
to the cameraman and his family who luckely
are staying in the 3rd floor of their hotel
therefore only experience a big scare. The
same cannot be said about other tourists
who stayed in lower floors. |
Similan
Islands, Thailand
Shot by a tourist in the island of Mu Koh
Similan shows the 2nd wave enter the camping
and headquarters of the National Park which
is located very deep inside the island.
Virtualy no place in the island was left
habitable after the tsunamis struck and destroyed
most of the infrastructure and swept away
nearly all of the food and drinking water. |
Kandholhudhoo,
Maldives
This video was aparently shot by a local
from the Maldives Islands. Although it is
not very dramatic one can clearly see how
the sea literaly sweeps through the whole
island. |
Thailand
This is a long video shot by Israelis and
it shows the tsunami flood ariving and
battering the city. There are amazing shots
inside a building showing the water flood
the first floor taking everything in it's
path. At the end of the video there are
a couple of shots of the destruction left
by this devastating tsunami. |
Aceh,
Indonesia
Shot by a wedding photographer perched on
a rooftop in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, the tape
shows a torrent of dark brown water flowing
fast and furious down the street below. The
water, which came about 15 minutes after
a massive undersea quake rocked the area,
turned the street into a river which carried
planks, mattresses, cars, appliances and
uprooted trees, and sent people scampering
up the sides of buildings. The only sounds
were those of people screaming as the surging
torrent picked up everything in its way and
flowed as high as the second floor of the
buildings. |
Kanyakumari,
India
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. The footage captures the sudden
crashing of a giant wave against the Vivekananda
Rock Memorial, situated at the southern tip
of Kanyakumari. The video was shot by Aniket
Kale. After visiting the memorial, the 16
year-old and his family were waiting for
a ferry to take them back to the mainland
when the tsunami suddenly crashed into the
memorial and the sea wall beside it. Hundreds
of other tourists were around at the time.
Kale and his family are from Pune in the
western Indian state of Maharashtra, The
devastating tsunami of December 26 which
destroyed lives and property in several countries
around the Indian Ocean, killed more than
six thousand people in Tamil Nadu. |
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Khao
Lak, Thailand
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Obtained by APTN shows the devastating
effects of the tsunami on the Thai holiday
resort of Khao Lak. The pictures show a man
on the beach being engulfed by water as the
overpowering waves rush towards the shore.
Anukul Charoenkul - who owns the Viewpoint
Restaurant - shot the video. He said his
restaurant was full of tourists when the
tsunami struck at around 1030 local time
(0330 GMT) on 26 December. He explained he
had received an early warning of the impending
disaster from his brother, who was at a different
location along the coast which had already
been struck. Charoenkul therefore had time
to prepare his camera and catch the moment
the tsunami hit Khao Lak from the third floor
of the building where his restaurant is located.
He said that he shouted at the people on
the beach to warn them, telling them to run,
but they could not hear. Immediately after
the waves had struck, dead bodies could be
seen washed up on the shore. The beach was
covered in huge piles of debris. |
Khao
Lak, Thailand
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster shot by a German tourist. It starts
like a normal day at the beach only the tide
is extremely low and completely unaware of
the incoming Tsunami people are wondering
about exploring this fenomenon and some even
are scooba diving. Then the cameraman starts
noticing some huge waves in the horizon which
start to break and he describes them as "extraordinary" several
times. As the waves get closer he also notices
that the ships are trying to escape them
at full speed and when the first wave finally
reaches one ship and swallows it whole does
he and the tourists on the beach start to
realize the magnitude of what is comming
directly at them. Screams can be heard from
the tourists in the background and he starts
showing increasing concern repeating the
phrase "what is that" untill he
finally panics and tries to flee for his
life. |
Koh
Lanta, Thailand
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Shot on beach level in Koh Lanta,
Thailand; several people watch as first wave
grows and crashes, before cameraman's frantic
retreat away from the shore. |
Phuket,
Thailand
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Shot from inside a quickly-flooding
restaurant in Phuket, waves engulf older
couple clinging to railing outside before
flooding entire room. |
Patong
Beach, Thailand.
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Rooftop view of two huge waves
battering buildings along coastline of Patong
Beach, then zoomed-in footage of flooding
of city streets. |
Tsunami
- Sri Lanka
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Upper balcony view of Sri Lanka
hotel swimming pool area getting flooded
as observers run away. Woman with camcorder
is frightened, asking "How high will
it go?" before retreating into hallway. |
Banda
Aceh, Indonesia
This one starts with semi-grainy footage
from inside the house of an Indonesian government
official. Looks like some people were filming
and then noticed noise outside, so they go
to their window/balcony and you can see huge
masses of water rolling by the window. Note:
this is not the footage with the couple clinging
to the wall in what looks like a swimming
pool. |
Thailand
A really quick shot of the wave coming in
and crashing into a garden between two
large hills. Three people are standing
in the garden as the wave comes in, and
the video stops as the wave gets close
to them. |
Sri
Lanka Resort
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Shot from an upper level hotel
balcony, overlooking a restaurant, pool area,
and umbrella-filled deck. Entire area is
quickly flooded as people cling to trees
to survive. Two men narrate their concerns
and observations throughout. |
From
Penang, Malaysia
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Shot from walkway above the Penang
Beach shore, long shot of ocean before three
men are caught in battering waves. |
Kenya
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Fishing boats being tossed around
like toys in the water. |
Unknown
Amateur camcorder footage of the 2004 tsunami
disaster. Filmed by a British tourist. |
