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<p>195.11.216.59: {{current}} and copyedit for language and style. If km are approx, miles should be as well</p> <hr /> <div>{{current}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Somalia-Puntland.png|right|thumb|200px|Map of Somalia with Puntland roughly highlighted in blue. Hafun is the small peninsula in the northeast.]]<br /> Villages and coastal communities in [[Somalia]], as far as 4,500km (2,800 miles) from the [[epicenter]] of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] were swept away and destroyed by the resulting [[tsunami]] on [[December 26]], [[2004]]. As of [[January 4]], [[2005]] the confirmed death toll stood at 176, of whom 142 were lost when the wave hit land and 34 when a boat at sea overturned. According to presidential spokesperson [[Yusuf Mohamed Ismail]] of the transitional government, more than 50,000 people were displaced. <br /> <br /> Most of the damage was in the coastal region of the semi-autonomous [[Puntland]] area, especially the northeastern peninsula of [[Hafun]], 1150km (715 miles) northeast of [[Mogadishu]], in the region of [[Bari, Somalia|Bari]]. In Puntland, rising waters engulfed the town [[mosque]] of Brava and the villages of Beyla, Garacad, Muduy and Nugaal were reportedly destroyed. Around 12 tons of [[rice]], [[maize]] and [[vegetable oil]] were delivered to Hafun on [[December 30]], four days after the earthquake. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near [[Foar]]. The twelve tons were then transferred onto two four-wheel drive vehicles that managed the 60km trip from Foar to Hafun in seven hours. The UN warned that the tsunami had worsened the situation after four years of [[drought]] in northern Somalia and further aid is desperately needed. <br /> <br /> Much of the remote 1,000km (600 mile) coast is controlled by various clan-based militias, making obtaining accurate information difficult. The transitional Somali government is based in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] because the capital city of Mogadishu is too unsafe. <br /> <br /> ==External links ==<br /> * [http://mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&amp;ao=177267 Somali tsunami death toll climbs], Mail and Guardian, 2 January 2005<br /> [[Category:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Somalia]]<br /> [[Category:December 2004 news|Indian Ocean earthquake]]<br /> [[Category:Somalia]]</div>

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