Matt Rainey

Photojournalism: Tsunami: They Sleep

A young girl sleeps with her brother, sister and mother and father on the street that leads to the beach area in Chennai, India .  The area which is about 500 yards from the ocean has hundreds of Tsunami victims sleeping along the sidewalk.  No emergency shelter has been set up .  Living conditions on the coastline of southern India are horrific following the Tsunami disaster which struck the region on December 26, 2004.  Thousands live without any shelter in the Srinivasa Puram neighborhood in Chennai.
They Sleep, Chennai, India

A young girl sleeps with her brother, sister and mother and father on the street that leads to the beach area in Chennai, India . The area which is about 500 yards from the ocean has hundreds of Tsunami victims sleeping along the sidewalk. No emergency shelter has been set up . Living conditions on the coastline of southern India are horrific following the Tsunami disaster which struck the region on December 26, 2004. Thousands live without any shelter in the Srinivasa Puram neighborhood in Chennai.