Teunom

Teunom

Teunom, a town in the West Aceh Regency of Aceh province on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, with a population of about 12,000, was reported to have "vanished completely leaving only scattered shards of concrete" as a result of the tsunami produced by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

U.S. Helicopters dropped bottles of water to survivors; officials stated that 8,000 out of a population of 18,000 were killed (January 2, 2005 story).

References

* [http://www.leuserfoundation.org/ Leuser International Foundation]
* [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=378185 ABCNews quoting Associated Press]

See also

* Calang
* Meulaboh
* Tapaktuan


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