Earthquate in South East Asia

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Hello list members,

 

Today's earthquake in South East Asia attacked India, as well, and left more

than about 2000 persons dead.

 

In Indian chart transit Rahu from the 12th house afflicts the transit Sun

(4L) closely. The Sun is transitting the eighth house.

 

Best wishes,

 

 

[Guest guest]

-Wow. Blessings there. Thanks Professor. Sally

I guess Indonesia got it too, nearly 500 dead there. reports show..

 

SIHA wrote:

 

 

Hello list members,

 

Today's earthquake in South East Asia attacked India, as well, and left

more

than about 2000 persons dead.

 

In Indian chart transit Rahu from the 12th house afflicts the transit

Sun

(4L) closely. The Sun is transitting the eighth house.

 

Best wishes,

 

 

 

 

Over 1,200 die as powerful tsunami hits India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

www.chinaview.cn

2004-12-27 01:01:25

 

 

 

 

 

NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Powerful tremors and

gigantic tidal waves triggered by the world's biggest earthquake since

1960have killed over 1,200 people and displaced thousands of others

Sunday on India's southern coast and its island territories, the

Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported.

Hundreds, mainly poor fishermen, were missing in the wake

of the dawn quake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale in Indonesia whose

aftershocks took a heavy toll in the Andaman and Nicobar islands as

well in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.

This is one of the worst tragedies to strike India since

the January 2001 quake of Gujarat killed nearly 25,000. The

government's Crisis Management Group said this is the first time that

tsunamis, or giant tidal waves, have ever hit the Indian coast.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured states hit by

the devastating tsunamis of all support and assistance for relief and

rehabilitation efforts and appealed to his people to remain calm.

Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, reported about

100 deaths and seawater seeped into the nuclear power plant at

Kalpakkam, forcing it to shut down. A special Indian Army unit

wasmobilized to deal with the situation and the Crisis Management Group

said the plant was "fully safe".

Thousands of people fled their homes in Chennai as the

tremors lasted for several minutes and seawater entered their

properties, catching them unawares and triggering unprecedented panic.

The tidal waves caused flooding in central areas and a

power outage in thickly populated parts. The Chennai airport was shut

and all flights to and from the city were canceled till Sunday evening.

 

Television channels beamed scenes of destruction in the

Andamans and along the winding and thickly populated Tamil Nadu coast.

Fishing vessels out at sea were washed ashore, and cars andtrucks were

seen floating in the waters that inundated the coastalareas.

Survivors said people who had gathered on the beach in

Chennai to buy seafood in the morning had been dragged away by waves

that were up to six meters high. Policemen later cordoned off beaches

in the city.

Officials in Chennai said 2,000 fishermen had been

evacuated. The tidal waves also breached the port and containers were

swept out to sea.

Houses and shops along the coast suffered varying degrees

of damage. The homes of fishermen, made mostly of straw held togetherby

strings, collapsed, burying many.

Mangled and badly swollen bodies lay strewn in fishing

hamlets.Hundreds were taken to hospitals in Chennai and other cities.

According to local officials, the coastal district of

Cuddalorein Tamil Nadu reported 190 fatalities.

Officials in Andhra Pradesh capital Hyderabad said they

expected the toll to rise as reports of missing fishermen were pouring

in from dozens of villages along the state's 1,000-km-longcoastline.

Some 700 fishermen were reported missing in Prakasam

district alone and Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announced the

payment of Rs.100,000 as compensation to the kin of the dead.

Hundreds of families were evacuated from the low-lying

areas ofAndhra Pradesh and fishermen were warned not to venture out to

seaas more aftershocks were expected.

At Machlipatnam in Krishna district, 25 bodies, most of

them women and children, were found at Manginapudi beach. Most of the

dead were Hindus who had come for a dip in the sea on the eve of the

full moon during the holy month of Margasirsa.

Orissa and West Bengal were also hit, with the latter state

reporting two deaths near Kolkata.

In the Andaman and Nicobar islands, the destruction was

unprecedented, with the gigantic tidal waves sinking two civilian ships

and destroying dry docks - which would not be operational for six

months - and a fuel tank.

Some 45,000 people on the Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar

islandswere affected, officials said. Three An-32 transport planes of

theIndian Air Force were sent with relief materials to the islands.

The airport at Port Blair suffered some damage, the Crisis

Management Group said. Flights resumed after the navy, which is

incharge of the airport, cleared it. "If necessary, additional flights

will be organized to evacuate tourists," the group said ina statement.

The tsunamis and tremors, felt along India's eastern coast

from6:15 a.m. (2:45 GMT), were caused by a huge quake with its

epicenter off Indonesia's Sumatra island.

The Indian Navy sent two warships with relief materials to

Sri Lanka following a request for assistance from the island nation,

which suffered a death toll of at least 3,000 so far. Enditem

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