Only the mosque and a handful of other buildings remained- amid a sea of broken concrete, splintered wood and twisted metal.

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"It was a raging sea in here, " he said, pointing to 3-foot-high water marks, a broken door.

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As I wandered, the still air was broken by the sound of roaring engines, while at the harbour, a dozen speedboats powered their way out to sea.

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