1. Tsunami kills 45 in four States Dec 26 Malaysia was not spared. At least 45 people were killed with hundreds injured and missing in the aftermath of a tsunami triggered by the most powerful earthquake since 1964.

2. IN THE BEGINNING: The waves starting to crest due to the shallow waters.

3. FIRST WAVE: The waves crashing onto the retaining wall of the E&O hotel in Penang.

4. SIGNS OF DANGER: Breaking waves churning up the silt along the shoreline

5. RELENTLESS: Waves pounding the shores

6. STRUGGLING TO STAY AFLOAT: Two fishing boats caught in the torrent of waves

7. GOD HELP THEM: Two boats, one already swallowed by the waves. The other is trying to stay afloat.

8. Waves starting to flood the Gurney Drive area.

9. OVER NOW: The shoreline after being hit by the waves resulting from the quake in Sumatra.

10. GONE: Water receding from the Gurney Drive shoreline.

11. KILLER TSUNAMI: Trail of death and destruction as earthquake off Sumatra creates giant waves that smash coastal areas of Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Maldives, Myanmar and Bangladesh.