UN fears tens of thousands more tsunami dead as aid push gets star power
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The United Nations is saying tens of thousands more people may have died in Asia's tsunami disaster as former US presidents to rock stars mobilise to feed the millions of destitute.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aircraft, naval vessels  and trucks struggled Friday to deliver aid around stricken  southern Asia as the death toll exceeded 124,000 from a tsunami  which darkened the world's New Year.
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U.S. helicopters stepped up aid flights in tsunami-hit Indonesia Tuesday as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged rich nations to spend more on preventing natural disasters before the next one hits.
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The UN emergency relief agency is struggling to respond to a natural disaster that has brought death and destruction to at least eight countries.
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As pledges for the tsunami crisis neared &#36;4 billion, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Wednesday that he feared tens of thousands of people dying of starvation elsewhere in the world would be forgotten.
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United Nations experts called on governments around the world to build early-warning systems that can cut death tolls from natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed nearly 40,000.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia's tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Some 150,000 people are  now known to have been killed by Asia's tsunami, U.N. officials  said on Monday, as helicopters and elephants were used to find  and feed survivors and shift the rubble of razed towns.
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Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in south and southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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International relief efforts escalated dramatically Tuesday to try to keep tens of thousands more people from dying of hunger and disease in the aftermath of Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake
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World leaders tried to put $4 billion  in aid pledged for tsunami survivors to work on Thursday, the  urgency of their task conveyed in a chilling warning that the  death toll could double without quick action to prevent  disease.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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The UN believes more than 150,000  died in Asia's tsunami waves after an earthquake almost a week ago.
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As aid agencies struggled to cope with the scale of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, the UN today warned that the next few days would be critical in the fight to control potential outbreaks of disease.
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The final death toll in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami, could be as high as 80,000, a UN official said today.