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  • Maldives loses 42 islands as tsunami toll hits 117 (Global Warming Alert)

    12/30/2004 7:51:01 AM PST · by jazzo · 95 replies · 3,029+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 12/30/2004
    MALE (AFP) - At least 42 islands in the tourist paradise of the Maldives were flattened with 117 people killed and missing after tsunamis raved the low-lying atoll nation, the president said. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said 75 people were killed while another 42 were confirmed missing in Sunday's devastating tidal waves that caused havoc in his nation of 1,192 coral islands. "We were not in any way prepared to deal with this disaster," Gayoom told a special session of the national parliament. The toll could be higher as the authorities re-establish contact with far flung islands, he said on...