Kamala Beach

..mukaan ei käynyt kovin hyvin.Muutamat ruotsalais-turistit olivat päässeet vuokra-autollansa nipin napin aaltoa siellä karkuun.He kertoivat tämän minulle henk.koht. paikan päällä, Phuket-townissa jossa oli eräänlainen "tourist-evakuointi-piste".

Kamala Beach

Kamala Bay Terrace Resort, Kamala Beach Hotel and Resort and Kamala Dreams resort are all closed until further notice; however Kamala Bay Garden Resort received no damage and is still open.

Kamala received the heaviest and most widespread damage of any of Phuket's beaches.
Much of what was there isn't anymore and the central beach area - once filled with happy bars, restaurants and shops - is today barely recognizable. Only the police station stands relatively undamaged at the centre of a crushed community. The waters destroyed virtually everything as far back as the main coast road, with flooding reported in the Phuket Fantasea compound. The roads closest to the beach are still closed to traffic and crews are working hard to restore basic amenities.

Many people died at Kamala, and accurate figures are not yet available. Thai locals and some tourists, seeing the tide go out over three hundred metres very quickly, ran onto the beach with buckets to collect the fish that were flopping around on the sand. Though the wave did not come for over fifteen minutes, many were caught out on the sand when it did and were lost.