Tsunami Koh Lanta Thailand 2004. This video was shot by Rene Kragelund. This is not a video of the first, biggest wave where the water retreated before it hit shore (it did retreat several hundred meters before the first wave).
Eileen McSaveney, 'Tsunamis - Tsunamis - New Zealand's underrated hazard', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http. Shot on beach level in Koh Lanta, Thailand; several people watch as first wave grows and crashes, before cameraman's frantic retreat away from the shore. First wave grows and crashes, before cameraman's frantic retreat away from the shore.
Shot on beach level in Koh Lanta, Thailand; several people watch as.
First wave grows and crashes, before cameraman's frantic retreat away from the shore.
It's not a dark memory, and it's proof of the human capacity for survival and natural optimism and this event shouldn't be forgotten. Why was the Sumatra tsunami so devastating? This video was shot on beach level in Koh Lanta, Thailand.