The tsunami of 2004 caused wide spread damage in coastal areas of India,
What happened to Andaman and Nicobar islands?
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According to official estimates in India, 10,749 people were killed, 5,640 people were missing and thousands of people became homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck the southern coast on 26 December 2004.
During the tsunami, giant waves slammed into the coastline. The entire stretch of the Nicobar Islands was drowned into the sea to varying levels from 1.1 metres to 3 metres. This sudden land drowning (due to tectonic subsidence) coupled with the tsunami altered the structure of mangrove forests, said Prabakaran of WII.
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