PERALIYA, Sri Lanka (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the Indian Ocean tsunami swept ashore on Dec. 26, 2004, Supunsara Methmani was just eight years old. But the memories are still fresh in her mind.
“It was like a big white wall, evil, crashing onto us,” said Methmani, now 18. She remembers running to a temple in her village of Peraliya and waiting fearfully until the waters receded.
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