TSUNAMI TIDAL WAVE AFTERMATH AND EMERGENCY RELIEF AID - INDIAN OCEAN 11 JANUARY 2005 - SOLAR NAVIGATOR WORLD ELECTRIC NAVIGATION CHALLENGE

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WARNING SIGNS

Those that heard the rumble of water rang the radio stations in panic. They had lived all their lives in the area, but they knew this earthquake was a bad one. The ground shook for a long time but few people realised what was to come and how the aftermath of an earthquake in the Indian Ocean would affect their lives. This was the only warning. As the sun began to climb into a cloudless sky over Indonesia. It was early morning when the first gigantic wall of water hit.

Missing person messages being posted

Many of you have written to us to try to get information about your family or friends in the countries affected by the Asian tidal waves.

Identify this lost boy please

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Here is the list of foreigners found in Sri Lanka: http://www.contactsrilanka.org/

and Phuket: http://www.phuketpc.com/

Amber Mason and Ningnong

Elephant Ningnong saves tsunami girl

An eight-year-old survivor of the Asian disaster has tells how her life was saved by a four-year-old elephant.

Amber Mason, of Milton Keynes, Bucks, was riding Ningnong in the Thai resort of Phuket when the devastating waves struck the beach. As the wave swept in and with water up to his shoulders, Ningnong dashed out of the waves to the top of the beach, carrying Amber to safety.

Back home, Amber said she felt very lucky that Ningnong had saved her. She said: "I think Ningnong thought something was wrong and was trying to get off the beach. "Everyone was running out of the sea and my mum began crying because she thought she'd lost me." Ningnong's owner, realising that seconds were precious, said he had ordered the elephant to run.

Amber Mason

Amber Mason

Amber's mother, Sam, believes Ningnong had been crucial in saving her daughter. "If she had been on the beach on her own or with us on the beach, she would never have lived. The elephant took the pounding of the wave," she said. Ningnong is back on the beach and playing in the waves and as a thank you for saving Amber's life, her family have said they will pay to Ningnong's owner £30 a month.