Tsunami Death Toll Soars to Near 77,000
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As the world scrambled to the rescue, survivors fought over packs of noodles in quake-stricken Indonesian streets Wednesday while relief supplies piled up at the airport for lack of cars, gas or passable roads to move them. The official death toll across 12 countries soared to near 77,000 and the Red Cross predicted it could pass 100,000.
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The death toll from the Indonesian tsunami earlier this week rose to 659 after emergency workers reached a previously inaccessible area along Java island's southern coast, the government said Saturday.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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As more and more bodies are being swept ashore, the death toll due to Sundayâs tsunami waves is rising fast along the south-eastern coast and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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The latest death toll from the Asian tsunami has risen dramatically to more than 56,000 after Indonesian authorities found mass destruction in the province of Aceh.
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The death toll in a tsunami that  slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000 on  Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and  soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease.
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Rescue workers have pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, after this week&#39;s devastating tsunami. The Indian Government has also warned the death toll of almost 7,400 from the tsunami
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GALLE: Stricken countries on the Indian Ocean worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as the the tsunami toll across asia reached 68,000 with more than 12,000 dead in India.
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Colombo - Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got under way on Tuesday in Sri Lanka as the death toll from the weekend&#39;s devastation surged to 17 640.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry on Wednesday declared as dead more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's Health Ministry said yesterday that more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing are dead, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.
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A total of 22,493 people have been confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by a tsunami and the number is rising, the government said on Wednesday, forecasting the toll could pass the 30,000 mark.
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The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka&#39;s coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies.
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Latest reports indicate that over 7,000 people have died as a result of a devastating earthquake that hit Southeast Asia early this morning.
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Indonesia's health ministry puts the number of people killed by the tsunami at more than 166,000.
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Colombo, Dec 27: The death toll in the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka reached 12,000, including at least 70 foreigners while many were reported still missing as rescuers today frantically searched for survivors and engaged in reaching aid and medical care
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend approached 59 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.