A street is littered with damaged vehicles and debris after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, on December 26. The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed to coastlines across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 9,000 in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years. — AP/PTI