Asian Disaster Toll Could Top 100,000 -- Red Cross
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Reeking corpses rotted in  the tropical sun from India to Indonesia on Wednesday and many  who escaped death from one of the worst tsunamis in history  fought for survival against thirst and disease.
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As victim tolls climbed to over 150,000 Wednesday, historic levels of financial and humanitarian aid has entered into the 11 countries devastated by the tsunami disaster.
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The local chapter of the American Red Cross is collecting funds for tsunami disaster relief in Southern Asia. Executive Director Susan Sauls cautioned that the Red Cross is not equipped to handle any donated items.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 28,000, with the International Red Cross  saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world sped up what  may be its biggest relief effort on Friday to help millions of  tsunami survivors desperate for food, shelter and clean water,  while the death toll marched relentlessly on.
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The death toll from heavy rain and flooding caused by Typhoon Megi climbed to nine in Japan and three in South Korea yesterday, while 134 Japanese children on a cram-school camp were stranded in a mountain village, police said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations put  the latest death toll in Asia's tsunami at around 150,000 and  warned it could still soar as relief workers were confronted by  huge devastated areas without roads, bridges and airstrips.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 and aid agencies warned many more people  -- particularly children -- could die in epidemics, ushering in  a somber New Year's Eve for the world.
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The death toll from Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines has neared 200,  as rescue workers reached remote areas where last week's massive storm sparked flash floods and landslides.
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Deaths in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster could top 100,000 when the toll on India's Bay of Bengal islands is known, a senior international Red Cross official said on Wednesday.
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(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.
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AMES, Iowa -- A Red Cross volunteer from Ames is part of a team of relief workers heading to Southeast Asia. Ron Matthews has helped with disasters around the world -- from embassy bombings to the Sept.
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The Red Cross federation, the world's  biggest humanitarian group, said on Wednesday it had raised a  record $1.167 billion in just 30 days for victims of the Asian  tsunami, enough to fund a 10-year recovery plan.
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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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Desperate relief workers are struggling to get food and water to the millions of Asia's tsunami victims facing starvation and disease as the death toll passes 125,000, from what the UN has called "an unprecedented global catastrophe".
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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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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.