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Tsunami 2004: The Day the Wave Hit
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Tsunami 2004: The Day the Wave Hit

2024-11-17 · Runtime unavailable · Not rated

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A minute-by-minute account of the December 2004 tsunami, which destroyed towns and villages across the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000.

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