Disasters Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & United Kingdom

Tsunami > Economic impact: The tsunami that has devastated parts of Asia and killed more than 28,400 has affected companies, economies and markets across the globe.
Here is a snapshot of some of the financial effects of the disaster (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT).

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STAT	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
Tsunami > Economic impact	In <a href=/country/ce>Sri Lanka</a>, some observers have said that as much as 1% of annual growth may be lost. Tsunami destroyed transport links in <a href=/country/ce>Sri Lanka</a> from Colombo to <a href=/encyclopedia/tourism>tourist</a> locations in south. Credit Suisse economist Arjuna Mahendran, former head of <a href=/country/ce>Sri Lanka</a> investment board, says disaster would set back country	Lloyds of London told the Financial Times it expected its exposure to be limited to "holiday resorts, personal accident, travel insurance and marine risks".

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