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Tsunami denotes a series of tidal waves, triggered off by volcanic eruption, or an earthquake, underneath the sea bed etc. The earthquake measuring 9.8 Richter scale , that occurred near Sumatra island on Sunday, the 26th December 2004, devastated the   south-eastern part of the Indian claiming 1,24,000 leaving 1,13,000 p e o p I e missing and r e n d e r I n g  4, 00 000 homeless.