{"id":868,"date":"2022-06-08T11:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T11:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisstowers.com\/?page_id=868"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:44:55","slug":"tsunami-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chrisstowers.com\/tsunami-india\/","title":{"rendered":"India &#8211; Tsunami"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-f57b84f4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-d9cb7370 gb-headline-text\">India &#8211; Tsunami<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-36e479a5 gb-headline-text\">2004<\/h4>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-2b20a398\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-406d0a3e gb-headline-text\">The 26th December 2004 Tsunami took a day to cross from its epicentre, off the coast of North Sumatra, before slamming into the unsuspecting southeast coast of Tamil Nadu, India. On assignment for the UK NGO ActionAID, Chris covered the immediate and heart-wrenching aftermath of the natural disaster of a century.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"gb-container gb-container-c04696b6\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-_7ebc4c-2a{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a{margin:-20px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:20px;}.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:linear-gradient( 0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100% );}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-_7ebc4c-2a .kadence-blocks-gallery-item 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