Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 26 ga Disamba, 2004, bayan girgizar kasa ta Tekun Indiya ta 2004, tsunami ta lalata Maldives. Tsibirai tara ne kawai aka ruwaito sun tsere daga duk wani ambaliyar ruwa, yayin da tsibirai hamsin da bakwai suka fuskanci mummunar lalacewar muhimman abubuwan more rayuwa, tsibirai goma sha huɗu dole ne a kwashe su gaba ɗaya, kuma tsibirai shida sun lalace. An tilasta wa wasu tsibirai masu hutu ashirin da ɗaya su rufe saboda lalacewar tsunami. An kiyasta jimlar lalacewar ta kai fiye da dalar Amurka miliyan 400, ko kuma kusan kashi 62% na GDP. 'Yan Maldivians 102 da' yan kasashen waje 6 sun mutu a tsunami. Tasirin lalacewar raƙuman ruwa a kan tsibiran da ke ƙasa ya ragu da gaskiyar cewa babu wani ɓangaren ƙasa ko ƙasa wanda raƙuman ruwa za su iya samun tsawo. An bayar da rahoton cewa raƙuman ruwa mafi tsayi sun kai mita 14 (mita 4.3). A ƙarshen zamanin mulkin Gayoom, ƙungiyoyin siyasa masu zaman kansu sun fito a cikin Maldives, waɗanda suka ƙalubalanci thenungiyar Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (Maldivian People's Party, MPP) da ke mulki a lokacin kuma suka buƙaci sake fasalin dimokiradiyya. Dan jarida mai adawa kuma mai fafutuka Mohamed Nasheed ya kafa Jam'iyyar Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) a 2003 kuma ya matsa wa Gayoom lamba don ba da izinin sauye-sauyen siyasa a hankali. A cikin 2008 an amince da sabon kundin tsarin mulki kuma an gudanar da zaɓen shugaban ƙasa na farko kai tsaye, wanda Mohamed Nasheed ya ci nasara a zagaye na biyu. Gwamnatinsa ta fuskanci kalubale da yawa, gami da babban bashin da gwamnatin da ta gabata ta bari, da koma bayan tattalin arziki bayan tsunami na 2004, da yawan kashe kuɗi (ta hanyar yawan buga kuɗin gida (rufiyaa), rashin aikin yi, cin hanci da rashawa, da karuwar amfani da ƙwayoyi. An sanya haraji kan kayayyaki a karon farko a kasar, kuma an rage harajin shigo da kayayyaki da ayyuka da yawa. An ba da fa'idodin jin daɗin zamantakewar jama'a ga waɗanda ke da shekaru 65 ko sama da haka, iyaye marasa aure, da waɗanda ke da buƙatu na musamman. Rashin zaman lafiya da siyasa ya karu a ƙarshen 2011, bayan kamfen na adawa da sunan kare Islama. Nasheed ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa bayan da 'yan sanda da sojoji suka yi tawaye a watan Fabrairu...  Tambaya: Menene jimillar asarar da tsunami ya yi a Maldives?
fiye da dalar Amurka miliyan 400