Sri Lanka marks 2 minute silence to remember tsunami victims

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Tsunami which battered Sri Lanka in 2004 had a catastrophic impact on the southern, western, eastern and Northern provinces of the country.

A two-minute silence will be observed across Sri Lanka today (26) to remember thousands of people killed in a massive tsunami in 2004, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said.

The two minute silence was held from 9.25 am to 9.27 am local time.

One of the deadliest natural disasters to be recorded in history, the 2004 tsunami had reportedly killed 230,000 to 280,000 people in 14 countries.

In Sri Lanka, it is estimated that over 36,000 people perished, some 5,000 went missing and another 800,000 displaced as a result of the catastrophe.