ʻO ka pōʻino ma Thailand i kū ma ka mokupuni ʻo Phuket ma ka lā 26 o Kēkēmapa 2004, ua pīhoihoi maoli ka honua holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā nalu nunui a nunui he nui o ke Kai India, i hoʻonāukiuki ʻia e kahi ōlaʻi i lalo o ka honua, ua pā i nā hōkele.
ʻO nā mea ʻike maka, nā mea ma nā kahakai i kēlā kakahiaka, ua ʻōlelo lākou i ka wā mua ke kai kai, e like me ke kai haʻahaʻa, hoʻomaka e ʻōwili koke mai ke kapakai. A ma hope iho o kekahi manawa ua hele kahi hum ikaika, a lele nā nalu nunui i ke kahakai.
Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola ma mua, ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā holoholona e haʻalele i ke kahakai i nā kuahiwi, akā ʻaʻole nā kamaʻāina kūloko a me nā mākaʻikaʻi paha i nānā i kēia. ʻO ke ono o ka manaʻo o nā ʻelepani a me nā kamaʻāina ʻehā ʻē aʻe o ka mokupuni i hōʻike ʻia i kahi pōpilikia e hiki mai ana.
ʻAʻohe o ka poʻe i kahakai i pakele. Akā laki kekahi, ua ola lākou ma hope o ka hala ʻana o kekahi mau hola lōʻihi i ke kai.
Ua haki kahi ʻauwai o ka wai e holo ana i kahakai i nā kumu o nā lāʻau pāma, kiʻi i nā kaʻa, wāwahi i nā hale kahakai māmā, a halihali i nā mea āpau i loko o ka ʻāina nui. ʻO nā mea lanakila kēlā mau ʻāpana o ke kapakai kahi e loaʻa nā puʻu kokoke i nā kahakai, a kahi hiki ʻole i ka wai ke piʻi i luna. Akā ʻo nā hopena o ke kai eʻe i lilo i mea luku loa.
ʻO nā hale o nā kamaʻāina kūloko ua aneane pau loa i ka luku ʻia. Ua wāwahi ʻia nā hōkele, ua holoi ʻia nā pāka a me nā pā hale me nā mea kanu ʻino. Ua nalowale he haneli mau mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kamaʻāina.
ʻO nā mea hoʻopakele, nā mākaʻi a me nā mea manawaleʻa wale nō e lawe koke i ka make ʻana o nā kupapaʻu mai lalo o ka ʻōpala o nā hale, nā lāʻau nahā, nā lepo o ke kai, nā kaʻa wili a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe, i ʻole e puka ka maʻi ahulau i ka wela wela i nā wahi pōʻino.
Wahi a ka ʻikepili i kēia manawa, ʻo ka nui o nā mea i hōʻino ʻia i kēlā kai eʻe ma ʻĀkia he 300,000 mau kānaka, me nā kamaʻāina kūloko a me nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻāina like ʻole.
I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻomaka nā lunamaka o nā lawelawe hoʻopakele, nā kauka, nā pūʻali koa a me nā mea manawaleʻa e kipa aku i ka mokupuni e kōkua i ke aupuni a me nā kamaʻāina o Thailand.
Ma nā kahua mokulele o ke kapitala, ua pae nā mokulele mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua me nā ukana o nā lāʻau, nā meaʻai a me nā wai inu, i nele nui ʻole no ka poʻe i ka wahi pōʻino. ʻO ka makahiki hou 2005 i hōʻino ʻia e nā kaukani mau make ma ke kahakai ʻo India. ʻAʻole ia i hoʻoliʻiliʻi maoli ʻia e ka lehulehu kūloko, wahi a nā mea ʻike maka.
ʻO ka nui o ka hana i hoʻomanawanui ʻia e nā kauka haole i hana no nā lā i loko o nā haukapila e kōkua ai i ka poʻe ʻeha a maʻi hoʻi.
He nui nā mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini i ola i ka weliweli o ke kai eʻe Thailand, ua nalowale kā lākou kāne a wahine paha, nā hoa aloha, me ka waiho ʻole o nā palapala, akā me nā palapala mai ka ʻĀpana Lūkini mai, hoʻi lākou i ka home me ka ʻole o kekahi mea.
Mahalo i ke kōkua kōkua kanaka mai nā ʻāina āpau, e Pepeluali 2005, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hōkele ma kahakai, a ua hoʻomaka ka maikaʻi o ke ola.
Akā ua hoʻomāehaʻeha ʻia ke kaiāulu o ka honua e ka nīnau no ke aha nā lawelawe seismic o Thailand, nā ʻāina o nā hokele kūwaho, i hōʻike ʻole aku i ko lākou poʻe kamaʻāina a me nā kaukani hoʻomaha e pili ana i kahi ōlaʻi hiki ke hiki. I ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 2006, ua hāʻawi aku ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā Thailand he ʻumikūmālua mau holoholo kai ʻimi kai e kū mai nā ʻōlaʻi kai. Aia lākou ma kahi o 1,000 mau mile mai ke kahakai o ka ʻāina, a ke nānā nei nā satelite ʻAmelika i kā lākou hana.
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo ʻo TSUNAMI e pili ana i nā nalu lōʻihi e kū nei i ke kaʻina o nā haki o ke kai a i ʻole ka papakū. Holo nā hawewe me ka ikaika nui, ua like ko lākou kaumaha me nā haneli o nā tona. Hiki iā lākou ke luku i nā hale lehulehu.
ʻAʻole hiki ke ola i loko o kahi kahe kolohe o ka wai i hele mai ka moana a i ʻole ke kai i uka.
