It was a nice, hot, sunny day on the beach of Phuket. Children were building sandcastles, teenagers playing beach ball, and adults relaxing under brightly coloured beach umbrellas. The water was clear blue and reflected the suns rays in all directions. The sky was blue with only a few white clouds irregularly spread out across it. There were mighty palm trees scattered along the side of the beach. Between the trees were a few little restaurants serving cold drinks and cake. There was a small man walking around with a vast polystyrene box selling ice cream to tourists. In the water there were people swimming and playing games. Further out on the calm surface there were a few kayaks slowly moving around, and speedboats resting on the water, gently swinging from side to side.

Suddenly the water was getting lower than normal; all the water was sucked about fifteen meters back. The speed boats were now resting on sand instead of on the water. The people looked around confused and not aware of what was about to happen. Along the horizon there was a great wall of water, growing and growing as it drew closer to the land. Everyone started screaming and running in all directions like ants when you step on their nest. Everybody was panicking. The wave was now dangerously close to the beach. All at once the screams were muted by the monstrous wave washing over the beach and further into the land, picking up everything in its way.

Everything was now flooded, and the nice, relaxing day has sure ended. The still fast moving water carried  chairs, benches, tables, pots and pans, speedboats, building parts, umbrellas , a freezer, the coconuts from the palms, cars and all the people who were just a moment ago enjoying their cool drinks in the sun. People were trying to hold on to anything they could grab.

Just when the flood was getting a bit calmer, another gigantic wave crashed onto the beach. Trees were ripped out of the sand; boats were flung into the walls of houses; people screaming for help and even more was washed out of the first few stories of the buildings. The people who had spent their time in their rooms of higher buildings were safe from the vicious waves and all the debris and furniture it carried with it. Hotel staff and other people helped to rescue those possible.

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