Epidemic threatens as tsunami toll hits 85,000
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With the death toll soaring to nearly 85,000 in the tsunami havoc, the World Health Organization Wednesday warned that disease in the aftermath of the disaster
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find  food and clean water and persistent rumors of new giant waves  sent many fleeing inland in panic.
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More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
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Nearly 220,000 people are confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami after Indonesia raises its toll dramatically.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, debt relief and an Indian Ocean warning  system were told the waves' death toll could double to about  300,000 unless action was taken this week to prevent disease.
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Diarrhoea cases were reported to be rapidly increasing yesterday in the tsunami disaster zone and the United Nations warned that there could be only 48 hours to prevent the major outbreak of waterborne diseases.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find  food, shelter and clean water, while the world began what may  prove to be the biggest relief effort in history.
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Fears that the Indian Ocean tsunami could unleash epidemics which would double the death toll are fading as access to clean water improves, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami disaster as the effort to deliver relief supplies to the millions affected by the giant wave gathers pace.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in the  Indian Ocean tsunami disaster soared above 125,000 on Thursday  as millions scrambled for food and clean water and rumors of  new waves sent many fleeing inland in panic.
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World leaders met on Thursday to  discuss tsunami aid, the task's urgency underlined by a  chilling warning that the death toll could double to about  300,000 without swift action to prevent disease.
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The human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on battered Sumatra island Tuesday, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 52,000 and tens of thousands still were missing. Grieving survivors buried their dead by hand, trying to ward off an epidemic that the U.N. health agency warned could double the toll yet again.
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As relief work was gearing up to help those victims of Sunday&#39;s tsunamis, the threat of an outbreak of epidemics was looming large in Nagapattinam , India in Nagapattinam, the worst-affected district in Tamil Nadu with more than 4,300 people confirmed dead
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GENEVA - Communicable diseases that develop in the aftermath of southern Asia&#39;s deadly tsunami could claim as many lives as the initial earthquake and massive waves, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
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The continent-sized wound created by the tsunami that devastated large swaths of coastal Southern Asia has opened the door to some of nature&#39;s deadly opportunists, with disease threatening to double the death toll, health experts warn.
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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.