Thailand Tsunami Response Thailand Boxing Day Tsunami Causes Massive Destruction and High Death Toll The Indian Ocean Tsunami made landfall on 26th December 2004. It was unprecedented in its scale, destroying parts of Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand and resulting in over 250,00 deaths within the region. During the summer month of December, Southern Thailand is a popular tourist resort for many Europeans. Approximately 5,000 non-Thai nationals from 30 different nationalities died as a result of the tsunami. As a result of the high number of international deaths over, 30 individual Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams were deployed by their National governments. The Royal Thai National Police had overall responsibility for the response operation closely supported by the Austral

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