A motorbike and a fishing boat which was swepped out from the sea stand in Ban Nam Khem village in Takuapa district, about 130 km (81 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket. The village was almost entirely destroyed by tusnamis on Dec. 26, 2004. More than 5,000 people are listed as dead in Thailand from the tsunamis and over 3,000 are still missing.

Children watch a video showing tsunamis in a school in tsunami-hit Thai villageTakua Pa, western Thailand, Jan. 17, 2005. Videos capturing last month’s tsunamis slamming into beach resorts are shown in the school as lessons on security in case of tidal waves. More than 8,000 people in Thailand were killed in the Dec. 26 disaster.

Thai women enjoy Patong beach in Phuket island, Thailand, Thursday Jan. 04, 2005. Patong was heavily hit by tsunamis on Dec. 26 as nearby Surin beach is one of the Phuket beaches that was not too damaged after the incident that killed thousands of people on the island.

Residents pray at a lquare on the beachfront of Patong, western Phuket, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2004. 99 Buddhist monks walked along a street hugging the shoreline of Patong, collecting food and money offerings from the residents. They led a cleansing ritual at to dispel fears among residents and Asian tourists that restless spirits of tsunami victims are haunting the area. Reports of ghost sightings have terrorised locals.

A Thai man carries a picture of a girl presumed missing in Phang Nga province, north of Phuket.

Names and photographs of missing people of the tsunami which hit the southern Thai coastline last weekend are pinned on a bulletin board at the Phuket Provincial City Hall reporting center, in Phuket island, Thailand, Tuesday, January 4, 2004.

Names and photographs of missing people of the tsunami which hit the southern Thai coastline last weekend are pinned on a bulletin board at the Phuket Provincial City Hall reporting center, in Phuket island, Thailand, Tuesday, January 4, 2004.

A villager stands among debris in front of fishing boats swepped out from the sea, Jan. 14, 2005, in Ban Nam Khem village in Takuapa district, about 130 km (81 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket. The village was almost entirely destroyed by tusnamis on Dec. 26, 2004. More than 5,000 people are listed as dead in Thailand from the tsunamis and over 3,000 are still missing.

Villagers stand next to a fishing boat, Jan 14, 2005, in Ban Nam Khem village in Takuapa district, about 130 km (81 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket. The boat which was swepped out from the sea damaged a house. The village was almost entirely destroyed by tusnamis on Dec. 26, 2004. More than 5,000 people are listed as dead in Thailand from the tsunamis and over 3,000 are still missing.

A Thai soldier children wander in Bang Muang shelter camp, outside Takuapa in Phang Nga province, about 130 km north of the Thai resort of Phuket, Jan. 15, 2005. More than 5,000 people are listed as dead in Thailand from the tsunamis and over3,000 are still missing.