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Damage to India Vegetation

Photo: This aerial view from an Indian naval helicopter shows the extensive damage inflicted by the tsunami on the vegetation of Great Nicobar Island
Stripped of foliage, trees on India's Great Nicobar Island stand in pools left by the 2004 tsunami. The countries worst-hit by the tsunami were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
Photograph by Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images

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