Tsunami Survivors Struggle for Basics in Sri Lanka

By Jason Beaubien,

Sheilah Kast

Published January 1, 2005 at 11:00 PM CST

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A house flattened by the tsunami symbolizes the destruction in Tangalla, a town on Sri Lanka's southern coast.

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Jason Beaubien

Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast joined NPR in November 2003 as the weekend newscaster for "PBS/NPR Newsbrief," the hourly 30-second television news reports produced by NPR for PBS stations.

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