The Road to Super Bowl XLIX

Banda Aceh

Prior to the tsunami in December of 2004, you can see a complete coastline that is fairly populated with buildings and rice fields.  The barrier island was flooded out after the tsunami along with the main road on the island.  Most of the buildings in this area are gone and looks like barren land.  A lot of the forest area has been flooded out also.  The land behind the barrier island was a little less impacted than island itself.  You can still see some difference.  In June the rice fields are clearly divided, but after the Tsunami there are not clear divisions between fields.  The bridge found on the left side of the image in December seems to be damaged also along with the main roads.