Peraliya Village

Peraliya Village in Sri Lanka was almost totally destroyed by the Tsunami wave of December 26, 2004. Villagers and a group of independent volunteers quickly began the very slow rebuilding project. More than 3,000 people died in Peraliya, 90 per cent of the village was destroyed and 450 families are homeless The village lies 4km north of Hikkaduwa on Sri Lanka's west coast. It is also where the Queen of the Sea engine no.59 and it's eight carriages on the Colombo - Galle express route was derailed killing some 1,500 people in the world's worst ever train disaster.