On December 26, 2004, giant tsunamis waves triggered by a huge earthquake devastated many countries in South-East Asia. myEUROPE Network sends many thoughts of condolence and hope to all people affected by this global catastrophe. This page groups some on-line resources on how to help and also how you can teach your students about earthquakes and tsunamis.
EuroNews
Web pages with video-news available in seven languages: English, French, German,
Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and Russian.
Tsunami's
journey
A BBC Flash application visualising how the Asian Tsunami Disaster happened.
How
earthquakes happen
Earthquake are among the most destructive natural events. A BBC Flash application
which may help better your students to understand this phenomenon.
Asia
Quake Disaster in depth
A section of the BBC Web site with updates about the countries affected by the
disaster and the efforts of the whole world to help people in need:
Kids to Kids
"Tsunami Warning"
A book written by Dr. Geroge Pararas-Carayannis, Ms. Patricia Wilson and Mr.
Richard Sillcox. The illustrations were created by Mr. Joe Hunt. The Web version
was created by David Gronbeck-Jones, British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program,
on behalf of the Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC).
Waves
of Destruction: Tsunamis
The Japanese characters for tsunami means "harbor wave," and many
people commonly refer to them as tidal waves, but in reality tsunamis have little
to do with tides. Read more.
