Residents look at boats pulled a shore by a powerful tidal wave in the coastal town of Berawalla in southern Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004. Families of the dead used cooking utensils and even their bare hands to dig graves in the aftermath of a huge tidal wave in Sri Lanka, as rescuers searching through the debris uncovered thousands of bodies Tuesday, bringing the toll in this tropical island to 15,000. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) |
