indian ocean tsunami

基本解释

SOME natural disasters, like the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, strike out of the blue.
某些自然灾害突如其来毫无防备，比如2004年印度洋海啸。
Natural disasters such as the earthquake that triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 have also caused reef loss.
诸如2004年触发印度洋海啸的地震这样的自然灾难也会导致珊瑚礁被破坏。
Before that, Beijing watched nervously in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as governments of various nations, including Sweden, were criticised over their rescue efforts.
此前，在2004年印度洋海啸之后，中国政府曾紧张地关注局势发展，当时瑞典等国家的政府因营救行动而受到批评。

For example, areas with mangrove forests were not damaged as badly by the Indian Ocean tsunami in two thousand four.
And from countrymen who only five years ago survived the worst natural disaster to hit the world in decades, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
It supervised creation of a system for nations on the edges of the Indian Ocean after the great earthquake and tsunami of two thousand four.

Following the Indian Ocean tsunami, many companies made generous donations to charities helping the victims.
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