Trees protect Indian village from tsunami.A massive tree planting done to enter the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records is credited with saving an Indian village from the record-breaking tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . Many nearby villages and towns were crushed or swept away by the force of the tsunami that hit December 26, but the village of Naluvedapathy had little damage and few deaths, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. News. Turns out the village was protected by a buffer buffer, solution that can keep its relative acidity or alkalinity constant, i.e., keep its pH constant, despite the addition of strong acids or strong bases. of trees nearly two-thirds of a mile thick. BBC News quoted an elderly resident as saying the local government convinced villagers to plant 80,224 saplings in 2002 to get in the record books. Although the village was flooded by waves, the forest of trees helped soften the blow. "We were saved by these trees," he said. "Other coastal villages should also create a tree cover for their safety." |
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