Death toll could surpass 100,000: Red Cross
230444
The death count across Asia and Africa soared to nearly 77,000 and aid officials said it was likely to surpass 100,000, even as as workers rushed to bury corpses to ward off disease, report newswires.
653391
With the death toll still rising in 12 countries, the disaster will require one of the largest and most expensive relief efforts in history.
224515
The death toll from Hurricane Felix rose to 98 today, with hundreds more people still missing.
730062
More than 100 people have died in a remote part of southeastern Congo in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.
570154
The Red Cross has issued a call for help from communities across the nation in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The storm system that blew through Florida two weeks ago caused billions of dollars in damage - and
688393
The death toll in Indonesia's Aceh province from a quake and tsunami that struck on Sunday might reach between 50,000 and 80,000, a UN official said.
52795
More than 100 people have died in a remote part of Congo, including all those who attended the funerals of two village chiefs, in what health officials fear is an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever.
615051
(Columbia) Dec. 30, 2004 - Officials now say more than 84,000 people are known dead with tens of thousands still missing. The Red Cross fears the overall death toll across eleven nations will top 100,000.
476317
the Indonesian Red Cross said the number could be nearly three times that according to relatives still seeking lost loved ones
134381
The confirmed number of people killed in the massive undersea earthquake and resulting tsunamis that hit Indian Ocean shorelines has exceeded 80,000, and there are warnings it could rise to 100,000.
647870
The Red Cross launched a public appeal today to help thousands of people left stranded and homeless following a series of powerful typhoons which have claimed more than 500 lives in the Philippines.
402250
LONDON - As many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout Iraq since the US-led invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war, a survey indicates.
226988
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.
770314
Deaths of Iraqis have soared by 100,000  since the start of the Iraq war and many of the victims have  been women and children, public health experts from the United  States said on Thursday.
505778
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.
761709
Devastating floods in northern Haiti have claimed more than a 1000 lives and seriously wounded another 900. And a UN official in the impoverished Caribbean nation told journalists on Thursday that another 1200 people are missing and possibly dead.
607243
The International Red Cross is &quot;deeply concerned&quot; at the impact of the fighting in Iraq and the apparent failures by all sides to respect humanitarian laws.