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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 2005
Page
4
Foreign holidaymakers returned to Phuket’s Ka Ron Beach six days after the tsunami disaster that killed more than 4,800 in Thailand and left over 6,000 still missing. Locals and international students cleared debris as tourists sunbathed, rode jet skis, and posed for photos amid damaged shops and littered sands.
In Boston Kentucky widow organizes New Year bash. California college offers free tickets for relief donations. Seattle area kids raise 255 dollars in rain. Do Something group bags cookies for charity. Oxfam reports six million in unsolicited gifts. Red Cross nears forty four million. A Nogal family bake sale and other youths press donations at banks and stores. University of California Santa Barbara waives admission for canned goods.
In Galle Sri Lanka the Sambodhi shelter housing 102 disabled residents was flooded by the tsunami. Only 41 survived as water rose through dormitories trapping children and adults, with volunteers aiding rescue and cleanup efforts.
In the aftermath of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, officials report no major disease outbreaks yet but warn that dirty water and lack of proper toilets threaten spiraling outbreaks of cholera typhoid and dysentery. Dr Michelle Gayer of WHO notes the risk remains high as clean water and sanitation are scarce and bodies continue to be found.
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