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December 2004 Tsunami Information
January 1, 2005:
"The magnitude of this tragedy is simply incomprehensible. And its impact is global yet so very personal. My heart goes out to all those who have lost loved ones and who now live with uncertain futures." – Larry N. Vanderhoef, Chancellor University of California, Davis, January 3, 2005
See the rest of the Chancellor's statement (http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/tsunami/lnv_letter.lasso) concerning the formation of the UC Davis Tsunami Relief Task Force.
Contacting Family in Affected Areas
- Hotline Numbers (For information on relatives/friends in the affected areas)
- India: +91 11 2309 3054
- Thailand: +66 2643 5262 and 2643 5000; Phuket enquiries call +66 76 240 729
- Sri Lanka: residents: +94 11 536 1938; tourists: +94 11 243 7061
- Maldives: +44 20 7224 2149
- Hong Kong residents: +852 2829 3010
- U.S. citizens: 1-888-407-4747
- Australian citizens: Toll-free 1800 002 214
Locating American Citizens (http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tsunami/tsunami_2046.html)
How You Can Help
- Campus Fund-Raising Efforts
- "Local relief efforts to raise money for those affected by tsunami"
- USA Freedom Corps
- USAID Humanitarian Assistance - How Can I Help?
- USAID - Relief Organizations Working in the Tsunami Area
- CNN - Aid groups accepting donations for victims
Choosing a Charity
- Give.org - Tips on Tsunami Relief Appeals
- Charity Navigator - Help Tsunami Victims
- Guidestar - National Database of Nonprofit Organizations - provides financial data on 123 organizations offering tsunami relief
- Center for International Disaster Information - Guidelines for Appropriate International Disaster Donations
- MSNBC - "Online Scams Emerge in Tsunami's Wake"
Updates, News, and Statistics on the South Asia Tsunami and Relief Effort
- Yahoo's Tsunami News
- LexisNexis U.S. Politics & World News
- UC Davis - Tsunami Relief News and Information
- U.S. State Department Asian Tsunami Crisis Information
- State Department Remarks, Releases, etc. on Tsunami relief
- DigitalGlobe, Images of Tsunami Sites - satellite images
- Before and After images
- ReliefWeb - Maps
- ReliefWeb - South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami
- USAID - Tsunami Relief
- UN News Center - Tsunami in South Asia
- World Health Organization - South Asia Tsunami Situation Reports
- International Coordination group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific
- NationMaster Tsunami Statistics - death toll, economic impact, international aid
- Wikipedia - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
About Tsunamis
- What is a Tsunami?
- Tsunami: the Great Waves
- Surviving a Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
- International Tsunami Information Center
- NOAA National Weather Service Tsunami Centers
- Center for Disease Control - Emergency Preparedness and Response - Tsunamis
- Tsunami - a Supercourse PowerPoint presentation on tsunamis
- PBS special "Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis"
- World Map of Historical Tsunamis - click on the name/area of the world to see what happened.
- Tsunami Glossary
Pacific Coast and Tsunamis
- Northern California Tsunami Model
- National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, Center for Tsunami Inundation Mapping Efforts - California
- West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
- Talking About Disasters - Tsunamis - from FEMA
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center