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The natural phenomenon of tsunami was little known before it had hit the South-East Asian shores on December 26, 2004.It had left thousands of others homeless and had wiped out the industrial infrastructure of many It was not the first time that a tsunami had hit this region.Indeed, twenty years earlier than the 2004 tsunami, a similar natural catastrophe had occurred along the Chinese coast.The reason why the 2004 tsunami was given such wide publicity was due to the fact that its victims did not belong to one nationality, ethnic group or religion.It spared neither the poor nor the rich, and it killed both the elderly and the young.Since then 'tsunami' has become one of the most popular Japanese words across the world.Thousands of TV channels covered for more than a month the disaster that it had caused.They had not seen on TV the extent of the damage that such a natural disaster could cause then.It had made more than one hundred thousand victims.But people across the world had not heard about it al the time.

The natural phenomenon of tsunami was little known before it had hit the South-East Asian shores on December 26, 2004. Since then 'tsunami' has become one of the most popular Japanese words across the world. Thousands of TV channels covered for more than a month the disaster that it had caused. It had made more than one hundred thousand victims. It had left thousands of others homeless and had wiped out the industrial infrastructure of many
It was not the first time that a tsunami had hit this region. Indeed, twenty years earlier than the 2004 tsunami, a similar natural catastrophe had occurred along the Chinese coast. But people across the world had not heard about it al
the time. They had not seen on TV the extent of the damage that such a natural disaster could cause then.

The reason why the 2004 tsunami was given such wide publicity was due to the fact that its victims did not belong to one nationality, ethnic group or religion. It spared neither the poor nor the rich, and it killed both the elderly and the young. This time the tsunami had not chosen its victims "beforehand". The dead, the injured and the homeless had no nationality in this tragedy. Thus, when the tsunami had recessed, the reaction was universal.

TV channels from different countries did not wait until the countries hit by the tsunami had announced the death toll to send their reporters. As soon as they had heard about it, they sent them to cover the news for their viewers...