| The tsunami swamped up to 40 percent of the Maldives, an Indian Ocean string of 1,192 coral atolls 480 km southwest of the southern tip of India. |
| Before the tsunami struck four leading local FM stations rebroadcast the BBC Indonesian service programmes live. |
| Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the top names who have donated items for our blind charity auction in aid of tsunami victims. |
| It is inaccurate to call the tsunami an act of God, because God did not intervene to provoke the disaster. |
| Depending on the depth of the water in which the tsunami is traveling, it may attain speeds of up to 500 miles an hour. |
| We would expect strong active verbs in a news story about tsunami relief efforts. |
