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Tsunami remembered by survivors and victim's family

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Lisa May was a bridesmaid at her sister's wedding in Phi Phi in Thailand on Boxing Day 2004.

The 25-year-old became one of 149 Brits who died in the resulting tsunamis.

Her father John May said: "It seems almost as real today as it was all those years ago" Ian and Jan Linch spent their life savings rebuilding a destroyed Sri Lankan village .

Richard de Gottal said surviving the tsunami left him with an inexplicable bond to the country.

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74

Informative language

70

Neutral language

50

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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