The largest earthquake in 40 years, striked the floor of the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. Thus, this earthquake triggered a tsunami so powerful that, its waves caused heavy casualties on the coast of Africa as well as the East Coast of the United States. This was the deadliest tsunami in history.
The estimation stated that deaths exceeded more than 225,000. Overall, it affected eleven countries bordering around the Indian Ocean. Majorly affected countries were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and the Maldives. Poor and vulnerable suffered most by the tsunami. Millions were left homeless after the disaster of tsunami.
Major damages by tsunami were the destruction of entire cities, the contamination of farmland and forests and the depletion of fishing stocks. Even countries with low death tolls had suffered enormous damage. For example Maldives. It suffered the damage of 62% loss in its GDP. Tsunami also affected badly to the development and economy of various countries.