Galle Museum Tsunami
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 14 Mar 2019 23:47
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Galle Museum
Tsunami
 In the Galle Museum we
saw an exhibition with pictures of the
tsunami, Boxing Day 2004.
 Models of the formation
of tsunami waves.
    1.
Epicentre oceanic water was displaced by waves of the earthquake. 2. Strong earthquake occured due to Buruma and Indhu plates
stuck together beyond the western coast of an island of northern Sumatra in the
Indian ocean. Tsunami waves travel at speeds of up to 800 kilometres an hour.
3. In the open ocean sea tsunami waves are no more
than a few feet high due to large wave length and cause little damage. 4. When waves reach shallow water their length decreases
making waves up to ten feet or more in height and
cause huge damage.
   Kalutara Beach, southern coast. The
coast as normal, sea shallowing
and being sucked back away from
shore.
  Tsunami wave being
created.
 Yellow arrows show the approximate
extent of the flooding inland.
        Damage seen in
Pereliya.
    Damage seen in
Galle.
      This Maritime Museum was devastated by the
tsunami.
   ALL IN ALL MOTHER NATURE’S
UNLEASHED POWER
EXPLAINED WELL AND
DEVASTATING |