The Approaching Disaster

In a photo taken by a tourist, beachgoers react after the first tsunami wave rolls in Sunday toward Hat Rai Lay, near Krabi, Thailand. As is typical in a tsunami, the wave’s trough caused the water to recede drastically, luring the bathers farther out. They escaped unharmed.

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In a photo taken by a tourist, beachgoers react after the first tsunami wave rolls in Sunday toward Hat Rai Lay, near Krabi, Thailand. As is typical in a tsunami, the wave’s trough caused the water to recede drastically, luring the bathers farther out. They escaped unharmed.

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