This is abit late. But there was a terrible earthquake (9 on the Richter scale) on 26th Dec 2004 off the coast of Sumatra that results in terrible Tsunami that devastated alotta places, eg India, Phuket, Sri Langka, Indonesia. The death toll as of now is at least 55,000. It's the worst disaster in 40 yrs. Please try to help out where you can.

For more info on how to help, mrbrown has compiled the list of help to the victims.