Asia Tsunami Death Toll Soars Past 77,000
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An uprooted tree lies on the beach as damaged buildings of Indian Air Force officers, where more than 100 people reportedly were killed by tidal waves, is seen in background, in Nicobar, in India&#39;s southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Wednesday, Dec.
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The official toll in southern India from tsunamis has reached at least 9,571 people confirmed dead and 5,914 missing, many of them presumed dead, the government said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Thursday as millions scrambled for food  and clean water and rumors of new giant waves sent many fleeing  inland in panic.
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The death toll from last month's Indian Ocean tsunami disaster rose towards a quarter of a million while floods hampered relief efforts in worst-hit Indonesia's Aceh province.
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THE sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies today, pushing the toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami past 59,000.
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Rescue workers have pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, and the government has warned the death toll of almost 7,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s south will rise further.
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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.
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: At least 5,700 people have died as a result of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Aceh province in Indonesia at the weekend, an official said on Tuesday.
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Thousands of bodies were found in the devastated west coast of Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island Wednesday, increasing the death toll across 12 nations to more than 76,700.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in the  earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Asia has topped 6,300,  officials and local media said Sunday.
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UP to 5 million people around the Indian Ocean waited for food, clean water and medical help today as the toll from Asia&#39;s tsunami climbed.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Survivors in seven countries  on the shores of the Indian Ocean scrabbled frantically through  debris and devastation for their loved ones on Tuesday as the  death toll climbed inexorably toward 40,000.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in Asia&#39;s tsunami disaster ticked relentlessly upward to top 125,000 as clocks ticked down to a desolate new year in countries struggling to get food and water to millions facing starvation and disease.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's tsunami soared past 27,000 on Wednesday, but  was expected to climb higher with many bodies still buried  under mud and rubble.
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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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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.