Death toll in Asian quake disaster tops 125,000
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The confirmed death toll in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that slammed Indian Ocean shorelines last weekend passed 125,000, amid warnings that it could jump much higher.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - The number of people killed in  Asia's tsunami disaster soared past 175,000 Monday after Sri  Lanka raised its death toll, while Denmark warned of possible  terror attacks against aid workers in Indonesia
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JAKARTA - At least 500 people were killed and hundreds more were missing feared dead Sunday after a huge earthquake off northern Indonesia triggered giant tidal waves and flash floods across western Asia.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami soared towards the 100,000 mark today as officials feared the number of British victims could rise steeply.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.
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The death toll from the Indian Ocean disaster rose dramatically to 125,000 after Indonesia said almost 80,000 had died in that country alone.
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(Indianapolis-December 28, 2004) - The number of confirmed deaths from the tsunamis in South Asia is now more than 52,000. As that number continues to climb, efforts to reach out are gearing up here in Indianapolis.
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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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A series of after shocks rocked Indonesia Friday raising the death toll from the original powerful quake to at least 16, Sky News reported.
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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.
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Colombo: The death toll in Sri Lanka went up to nearly 12,000 on Tuesday, two days after fierce tidal waves swamped its coastline.
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The death toll from last weekend&#39;s earthquake-tsunami catastrophe rose to more than 114,000 on Thursday as Indonesia uncovered more and more dead from ravaged Sumatra island, where pilots dropped food to remote villages still unreached by rescue workers.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared past 175,000 Monday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands  more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid  workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.
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Tokyo, Oct. 24 (NNN): At least 17 people were killed and up to 1,000 injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for 12 hours, according to reports here on Sunday afternoon.
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RESCUERS were today scouring flood-ravaged coasts across Asia after tidal waves killed at least 15,000 people. The death toll is still rising rapidly more than 24 hours after the world&#39;s strongest quake in 40 years.
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At last 150 people were killed after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean struck Sri Lanka on Sunday, district officials said.
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The death toll from the weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis may reach 100,000, with efforts to get food, water and shelter to as many as 5 million affected people hampered by destroyed roads and bridges, officials said.