Nagapattinam: 10 Years After Tsunami

NAGAPATTINAM, INDIA DECEMBER 25: Fishermen offload their catch at the harbour and fish market on December 25, 2014 in Nagapattinam, India. Nagapattinam was one of Tamil Nadu's worst-hit places when the tsunami tore through south Asia 10 years ago. On December 26, 2004, a devastating tsunami triggered by an under-sea quake off Sumatra in Indonesia hit Tamil Nadu's coast in Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Chennai and Kanyakumari. The killer waves claimed around 8,000 lives - men, women and children. Some 6,100 died in Nagapattinam alone. Over 230,000 were killed in the tsunami in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives. (Photo by Gurinder Osan/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)