Banda Aceh, Indonesia

News footage, video shot by a wedding photographer perched on a rooftop.
Shows a torrent of debris and water flowing down the street below. The water, which came about 15 minutes after a massive undersea quake rocked the area, turned the street into a river which carried planks, mattresses, cars, appliances and uprooted trees, and sent people scampering up the sides of buildings.

Indonesia-BandaAceh.roar.wmv (4.48 MB)

Banda Aceh, Indonesia

News footage from inside the house of an Indonesian government official. You can see masses of debris rushing by the window.

Indonesia.BandaAceh.katc.wmv (3.4 MB)

Thailand.Khao-Lak.germantourist.wmv (10.0 MB)

Khao Lak, Thailand

Shows a man on the beach being engulfed by the waves. Filmed by Anukul Charoenkul, whose restaurant was full of tourists when the tsunami struck at around 1030 local time. He was warned of the impending disaster by his brother, at a location along the coast which had already been hit. Charoenkul had time to get his camera and film from the third floor of his building. He shouted at the people on the beach to warn them, telling them to run, but they could not hear. Immediately after the waves struck, bodies and debris could be seen on the shore.

Thailand.Khao-Lak.manonbeach.wmv (1.73 MB

Koh Lanta, Thailand

Filmed at beach level in Koh Lanta, Thailand. Several people watch as first wave grows and crashes, and cameraman retreats from the shore.

Thailand.KohLanta.asf (4.73 MB)

Phuket, Thailand

View from hotel balcony. Large wave suddenly apears and can be seen breaking right in front of the beach and floods the resort. Cameraman is heard urging his family to get indoors.

Thailand-Phuket.wave.wmv (10.2 MB)

Phuket, Thailand

Filmed from inside a quickly-flooding restaurant. Waves engulf two men clinging to railing outside before flooding entire room.

Thailand.Phuket.03.wmv (11.5 MB)

Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Rooftop view of two huge waves battering buildings along coastline of Patong Beach, then zoom footage of flood moving up city streets.

Thailand.Patong_beach.03.wmv (10.00 MB)

Thailand

Wave crashing into a garden where people are standing watching.

Thailand.04.wmv (1.6 MB)

Sri Lanka

Upper balcony view of Sri Lanka hotel swimming pool area getting flooded as observers run away. Woman filming asks "How high will it go?" before retreating.

SriLanka.03.wmv (7.6 MB)

Sri Lanka

Filmed from an upper level hotel balcony, overlooking a restaurant & pool area. Entire area is flooded as people cling to trees, as water then recedes.

Srilanka.12.wmv (6.18 MB)

Tamil Nadu, India

Low resolution footage showing wave flooding through beachfront coconut grove and urban area

India.TamilNadu.seaspills.mov (1.4 MB)

Kanyakumari, India

Shows giant wave crashing against the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, situated at the southern tip of Kanyakumari. Video by Aniket Kale.

India.Kanyakumari.wmv (2.3 MB)

View from walkway above Penang Beach shore, long shot of ocean before three men are caught in waves.

Malaysia.Penang.05.wmv (783 KB)

Kenya

Fishing boats being tossed around by waves.

Kenya.asx (1.4 MB)

Location: Unknown

Filmed by a British tourist.

UnknownLocation-british-tourist.wmv (2.7 MB)