The Tsunami in 2004 was a destructive one. Amazingly it carried a thousand tons ship two miles onshore!
This 100-foot fishing boat was swept inland by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which dumped it atop a house near the port of Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's island of Sumatra. Fifty-nine residents fleeing floodwaters took refuge aboard the vessel until waters receded more than seven hours later, giving the boat its name, Noah's Ark
A man gives the boat a lick of paint. It is a tourist attraction
The Apung, a 2,600-ton power-generating vessel that the tsunami deposited two miles inland in Banda Aceh, is now a major tourist attraction. It landed atop two houses, killing the inhabitants.
Resident Bustaman, 45, climbs atop the Apung, remembering the day nearly five years ago when the tsunami struck, taking his 5-year-old daughter. "We were all running in fear when the first wave came,” he recalled. "I was holding my 5-year-old as tightly as I could. But my head was hit by a piece of wood. I don’t remember what happened next. But when I came to my senses, my little girl was gone.”
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This 100-foot fishing boat was swept inland by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which dumped it atop a house near the port of Banda Aceh, on Indonesia's island of Sumatra. Fifty-nine residents fleeing floodwaters took refuge aboard the vessel until waters receded more than seven hours later, giving the boat its name, Noah's Ark
A man gives the boat a lick of paint. It is a tourist attraction
The Apung, a 2,600-ton power-generating vessel that the tsunami deposited two miles inland in Banda Aceh, is now a major tourist attraction. It landed atop two houses, killing the inhabitants.
Resident Bustaman, 45, climbs atop the Apung, remembering the day nearly five years ago when the tsunami struck, taking his 5-year-old daughter. "We were all running in fear when the first wave came,” he recalled. "I was holding my 5-year-old as tightly as I could. But my head was hit by a piece of wood. I don’t remember what happened next. But when I came to my senses, my little girl was gone.” LATimes