Log on to the website of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: www.whoi.edu/home/interactive/tsunami/ and select from the languages presented. The introduction gives an audio commentary from a witness of the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, which eventually claimed over 200,000 lives. Select from the menu bar at the top <What is a tsunami?>, click <Anatomy> and watch and listen to the animation. Then scroll down the same menu tab and select <Effects>. As you click on each of the yellow markers an information box opens up which describes the key factors influencing the intensity of a tsunami event.
By selecting the final option <Next: Did you know?> you will see video 6 footage of the Indonesian tsunami. Scrolling through the image numbers at the bottom of the page you can hear a recording of the sound waves of the 2004 tsunami (3) and watch the path of the tidal wave across the Indian Ocean (6).
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