The Weather Channel Premieres New Tsunami Survivors Episodes Wednesday

The Weather Channel Premieres New Tsunami Survivors Episodes Wednesday

WHAT: The Weather Channel, as part of its acclaimed Storm Stories series, debuts two new episodes detailing survivors' accounts of the deadly tsunami that devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean last December.

In a story that shocked and saddened the world, hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting residents and visitors were caught unaware when a powerful earthquake deep in the ocean floor set off a tsunami racing towards the coastlines of southern Asia.

Despite the tremendous loss of life and destruction of property, there were a number of incredible accounts of survival. On Wednesday, The Weather Channel presents several of these tales in Tsunami Survivors, two new episodes of Storm Stories.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 22 8:00 & 11:00 pm ET - Thailand Tsunami 8:30 & 11:30 pm ET - Sri Lanka Tsunami

PROGRAM Thailand Tsunami: A family is separated by a powerful wall of DETAILS: water -- the father clings to a buoy, the mother to a Styrofoam cooler, the 3-year-old son to the limbs of a tree. Hear their amazing story of rescue and survival against all odds. Meanwhile, twenty miles away, an elephant guide leading a group of tourists notices that the animals seem excited, but it's not until they start charging through the thick forest. Looking back towards the coast, he sees the wall of water and hears the cries in the distance, and soon realizes that the elephants are saving the lives of the entire party.

Sri Lanka Tsunami: Rousted out of bed by his wife's cry of "the sea is coming," the minister looks out and sees a 30-foot wall of water racing towards the beach. He is only 200 yards off of the beach in the orphanage he built, and now is faced with how to save his wife and the 28 children who live with them. Surprisingly, the best option seems to be loading everyone into a small boat and piloting out into the lagoon.

CONTACT: Matt Boyter 770-226-2191 mboyter@weather.com

PRNewswire - June 20

Source: The Weather Channel

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