Asian tsunami toll now exceeds 117,000
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From the destruction that swept over south Asia claiming more than 115,000 lives, hope is emerging in one stricken country that relief efforts are diverting a path to civil war.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami disaster neared 120,000 as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke of &quot;an unprecedented global catastrophe&quot; which called for &quot;an unprecedented global response&quot;.
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Indonesia's tsunami nightmare continued with a death toll surpassing 79,000 on flattened coastlines as panic stirred lawlessness and vital aid slowly reached the sick and hungry.
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The toll from a severe earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island last week has risen to 17 dead and 88 injured, a health ministry official said on Saturday.
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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 human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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The death toll rose above 14,000 after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the world&#39;s biggest in four decades, caused tsunami waves that devastated coastal towns from Thailand to India.
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[India News]: New Delhi/Chennai, Dec.28 : Though the total extent of Tsunami-related deaths and devastation is yet to emerge across south and southeast Asian coastlines, the combined toll is said to have crossed the 27,000 mark on Tuesday and at least
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The death toll from last weekend&#39;s earthquake-tsunami catastrophe rose to more than 114,000 on Thursday as Indonesia uncovered more and more dead from ravaged Sumatra island, where pilots dropped food to remote villages still unreached by rescue workers.
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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  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find  food, shelter and clean water, while the world began what may  prove to be the biggest relief effort in history.
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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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With the official tsunami death toll now up to 84,000, United States embassy officials in south Asia continue to hunt for 2,000 to 3,000 Americans who remain unaccounted for in the coastal regions hit by the tsunamis.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Up to five million people were displaced by tsunamis that killed nearly 119,000 people in Asia, officials said, as aftershocks rocked traumatised survivors.
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At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami disaster as the effort to deliver relief supplies to the millions affected by the giant wave gathers pace.
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Colombo: The death toll in Sri Lanka went up to nearly 12,000 on Tuesday, two days after fierce tidal waves swamped its coastline.
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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.