Effects SOCIAL- 140,000 deaths, 2.5 million without shelter, 450,000 houses destroyed, 43% freshwater ponds flooded (a valuable source of water for people living there), diseases spread eg: diarrhoea and cholera Effects ECONOMIC- over 6000km2 of agricultural land damaged, 40% food stores destroyed, $4 billion damages Effects ENVIRONMENTAL- 380km2 of mangrove forest destroyed, flooding caused erosion and salinisation of land