The Lasting Storm
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Aceh's tsunami not only ravaged the land. The marine ecosystem has also been destroyed and will take years to restore.
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ALL its beauty has gone. The gentle waves and warm sand of the beach of Lampuuk under the feet of Humam Hamid are no more. On Sundays, this lecturer of Syah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, used to take his four children to bathe and enjoy grilled fish on the beach in Aceh Besar regency, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. But the devastating tsunami on December 26 washed everything away. "The beach has now become a brackish water marsh," he sai
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