2 results for “Tsunami”
How ready are we for the next emergency?
It took just minutes for almost 80% of our GDP to disappear, 83 lives to be lost and to leave thousands homeless. The 2004 tsunami brought about one of the single biggest humanitarian crises in Maldivian history. Looking...
Dhiconomist 2 min
Maldives, black swans and the unknown
It hit us one morning and within hours left 83 dead, scores homeless and a crippled economy in its wake. Though we’ve made a full recovery since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, there is one lesson we have perhaps yet t...
Dhiconomist 2 min