the deadly threats facing survivors
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami in Asia, according to the World Health Organisation, but the enemy is not the putrefying bodies that are still unburied but the collapse of the clean water supply.
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Survivors of the Java  coast's tsunami were trying to pick up the pieces of their  lives on Thursday, despite repeated aftershocks that have been  shaking pasts of the island and spreading fresh fear.
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Days of colossal earthquakes and tsunami warnings have forced traumatized Indonesian villagers to seek safety in the last place imaginable: graveyards.
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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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The World Health Organisation has estimated that at least 70,000 people have died in the camps, most because of poor conditions. The number does not include those killed in militia and government attacks on villages and fleeing refugees.
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One million child survivors of Asia's devastating tsunami face major risks in the coming weeks from malnutrition, disease and human traffickers, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF warned.
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Science & environment: Scientists look for uses for highly toxic material amid fears huge stockpiles may become terrorist targets
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PHOENIX - The Storm must be wondering what more can happen to them. For the second time this week, an unavoidable life predicament has challenged their strength.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding, and the best medicine is large quantities of clean water
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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The aftermath of an explosion in the Egyptian resort of Taba. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty. There are fears that the death toll will rise after 27 people were killed last night in bomb attacks in Egyptian Red Sea resorts popular with Israelis.
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Rats. Bats. Two-headed cobras and Tibetan three-eyed toads. A runaway train. A violent hurricane. A count who screams, with gleeful wickedness, &quot;You are so deceased!
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By Celia Hall, Medical Editor and Roger Highfield, Science Editor. Disease could kill as many along south Asia&#39;s stricken coasts as have been killed in the disaster unless clean water and medical help reaches
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While the deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean has focused attention on that part of the world, great waves also pose a threat to the United States.
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Cases of diarrheal illness are being reported across tsunami-ravaged areas of South Asia, and World Health Organization authorities estimated yesterday that as many as 5 million survivors of the calamity are at dire risk of disease because they lack basic necessities for survival: water, sanitation, shelter, and food.
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The victims of the Asian tsunami now face a new danger - that of criminals and opportunists trying to cash in on their misfortune.