The study aimed to measure tsunami mortality and injury as well as the needs and current status of the surviving displaced population, and we report our results in this paper.Īssessments of tsunami-displaced populations aimed to characterize the tsunami’s impact as well as the status and needs of surviving internally displaced populations (IDPs).
The surveys covered essentially the entire coastline from Nagan Raya and Aceh Barat districts on the south-western coast to Aceh Utara on the eastern coast (see Fig. 1īeginning in February 2005, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with the local support and cooperation of Mercy Corps, conducted four rounds of household surveys in nine tsunami-affected districts of Aceh Province. Approximately one year after the tsunami, Indonesian government estimates indicated 129 775 deaths, 38 786 missing and 504 518 tsunami-displaced in Aceh Province.
Indonesia’s Aceh Province suffered the greatest mortality, with widespread destruction extending along more than 1000 km of coastline.
On Sunday morning, 26 December 2004, an earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck off the western coast of north Sumatra, triggering massive waves that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean rim.