THE AFTERMATH OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

After the chaos ended and the water drained away the true affect of the earthquake were realized. The cost of rebuilding was about $500billion. This was the the biggest in the world. The number of buildings destroyed were near 45,700 and the number of deaths was around 15,182 and the number of people missing was around 3,760. Out of the people that were killed 373 were children and there were 158 children missing. There were nearly 230,000 cars and trucks destroyed.