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Years on, a tsunami-hit Indian town feels safer, but grief remains

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Summary
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68% Informative

20 years ago on December 26th, 2004 , a magnitude 9.15 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia 's Ache province triggered an Indian Ocean tsunami.

The disaster killed more than 226,000 people in Indonesia , Sri Lanka , India , Thailand and nine other countries.

Millions have been spent since to create a vast network of seismic and tsunami information centres.

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74

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74

Neutral language

70

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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