Also the nearby City Galle was devastated and the hospital had not been able to handle the thousands of victims. Even mass graves were not big enough leaving countless dead bodies piled up in the hot midday sun and even some on main road.

All over the area the smell of death had been in the air and many tourists had to wait for their evacuation under the complete absence of military and police.

On late Tuesday Dec. 28 the first Red Cross Convoy was seen on it`s around 500 kilometers drive from Colombo through the mountains of Rathnapura bringing supply and help to the shattered Southern Province.

Also military had started to secure at least Galle City whilst even one week after the wave no security had reached Unawatuna. In addition the supply with water and food had been very poor with only occasional trucks dropping lunch packets on main road for those, who had been waiting.