Asian Tsunami Disaster
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A Western man checks through lists of dead persons erected at the relief center at city hall in Phuket proviince, southern Thailand Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004.
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A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on Sunday, setting off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's fifth-largest  quake in a century hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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Foreign tourists from Phi Phi Islands arrive in Phuket, December 26, 2004 after the area was hit by a devastating tsunami. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami
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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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It now seems clear that nearly 27,000 people have died in the tsunami waves that hit coastlines in South and South East Asia on Sunday morning.
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More than 9,300 people across Asia were killed today after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
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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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[World News]: Sydney/Colombo, Dec 27 : Did the smaller and earlier tremor last week off Tasmania in Australia trigger the tsunami that devastated many areas in South and Southeast Asia.
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BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): Sorties by relief planes from diverse vicinities of the world with US, UK and Pakistan atop got intensified in the Tsunamis-hit realms of Asia Wednesday as the men in the field came-out with an update awful figure of deaths to the
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The U.S. government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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A tsunami drowned thousands in Sri Lanka, above. People were also forced to higher ground in India, Indonesia and the Thai island of Phuket.
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Tsunami Death Toll Reaches 68,000 - More Deaths Expected from Disease  The Indian Ocean based Tsunami which demolished the families and coast lines of several Asian countries on Sunday morning has resulted in an estimated death toll of over 68,000 people according to a recently released report by Rueters. Indonesia, Sri ...
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The Asian tsunami disaster has been a uniquely continental catastrophe, striking hard from Thailand to the Maldives, and has stirred debate about how Asia should react as a region.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services, and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia yesterday in the aftermath of a massive undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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About 4,000 people in Sri Lanka,India, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been killed by horrible tsunamis triggered by devastating earthquake on Sunday.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.