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Scale of devastation by photos

	5 Millions of people have been affected. Whole communities have been wiped out, and many of the survivors have been left homeless. Thousands of unidentified bodies have had to be buried or burned. The UN has mobilised one of the world's largest relief operations, but admits co-ordinating aid to 10 affected countries will be tough. 1. Indonesia: 104,055 2. Sri Lanka: 30,513 3. India (inc Andaman and Nicobar Is): 10,001 4. Thailand: 5,288 5. Somalia: 298 6. Burma: 64 7. Maldives: 82 8. Malaysia: 67 9. Tanzania: 10 10. Seychelles: 1 11. Bangladesh: 2 12. Kenya: 1 update 09.01.2005 042   Incredible power of waves..   More than 1 000 people were killed in Sri Lanka when the train in which they were travelling in was hit by the waves.  Trappen inside the packed carriages they drowned.  The incident was a stark reminder of the incredible force of the waves, lifting the carriage and engine, which alone weighed 80 tons, off the track. Photos is coming soon...   Violent rupture on sea floor.. At 07.59 (00.59GMT) a violent rupture occurred on the sea floor along a fault about 1 000km long, close to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.  All along the rupture the seafloor was shunted vertically by about 10metres.  This movement displaced jundreds of cubic kilometres of the overlaying water, generating a massive tsunami, or sea surge.  The waves then fanned out across the Indian Ocean at enormous speed.