The BigChilli September 2019

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Veteran correspondent Maxmilian Wechsler recalls some of his most interesting and exclusive assignments from the past two decades.

FROM THE YEAR 2005 The following is how Max reported on the tragedy: The reconstruction began immediately afterward and is being kept up at a good pace in most affected areas.

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The tsunami of December 26, 2004 was the result of the greatest earthquake in 40 years, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter at 150 kilometres off the west coast of northern Sumatra and more than 500 km from the west coast of Thailand. Despite the distance, the giant waves struck there on a beautiful Sunday


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