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Khao Lak is a resort beach in Thailand, located 100 km north of Phuket in Takua Pa district, Phang Nga province and popular as a departure point for liveaboard scuba diving trips.
The coast line here has a west-facing, sandy beach with tropical forest and rubber plantations on the hill slopes beyond the sand. A road runs roughly parallel with the beach and the town has grown up as a ribbon development of shops and dwellings, with tourist hotels between the road and the beach.
Khao Lak was one of the areas of Thailand hardest hit by the tsunamis resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Many people died including many foreign tourists. The final death toll was at least 4000 and may exceed 5000, evenly split between local residents and holiday visitors.
Most of the coastal landscape i.e. beaches, resorts and vegetation was completely stripped back by the power of the tsunami. Some replanting programmes have been initiated, however very little has changed in the past two years. Studies suggesting that coastal vegetation may have helped buffer the effects of the waves have ensured that replanting and maintenance of the coastal vegetation have become a priority in the reconstruction of the landscape.
Among the casualties were Bhumi Jensen, grandson of the King of Thailand and well-known Finnish musician and TV-host Aki Sirkesalo and his family. Almost four years old at the time, Solitaire Meissmer was swept away at Khao Lak and remains the subject of a media-covered intensive search despite being formally identified in August 2005 as a victim.
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