A psychological study of the impact of the Boxing Day tsunami, which swept across the Indian Ocean 10 years ago, suggests that the mental health of survivors may be helped by supporting the work of temples, churches and mosques On 26 December 2004, more than 280,000 people died in the Boxing Day tsunami. Sri Lanka was among the hardest hit of the 11 countries around the Indian Ocean that were affected, with the disaster claiming more than 35,000 lives in that land alone. The effects were devastating. In addition to physical injuries, survivors often also lost their homes, their personal belongings and their means of earning a living as a direct or indirect consequence of the disaster. Millions of people are affected every year by an increasing number of natural disasters such as tsunamis