What beach did the 2004 tsunami hit?

The tsunami struck the west coast of Phuket island, flooding the island and causing damage to almost all the major beaches such as Patong, Karon, Kamala, and Kata beach. The resort area of Khao Lak some 80 km north of Phuket was hit far worse with 3,950 confirmed deaths.



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In Banda Aceh, the landmass closest to the quake's epicenter, tsunami waves topped 100 feet. The tsunami's waves traveled across the Indian Ocean at 500 mph, the speed of a jet plane.

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However, the tsunami that followed killed more people than any other tsunami in recorded history, with 227,898 dead or missing in 14 countries across the Indian Ocean. The worst hit country was Indonesia with 167,540 listed as dead ormissing and damages of $4,451.6 million.

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