Quake, tsunami devastate Asia, over 7 800 dead
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7 800 people.
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Indonesia says nearly 80,000 people died from Sunday's quake and sea surges, as relief reaches remoter areas.
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Dozens of casualties are reported from tidal waves and earth tremors in southern and eastern Asia.
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The toll in Sunday&#39;s earthquake-induced tsunamis continued to mount on Tuesday with latest figures indicating nearly 7,400 deaths in India and over 20,000 in six countries across South and South East Asia.
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At least 84,099 people were killed in 11 countries in southern Asia and Africa from Sunday's massive earthquake and tsunami waves, according to official figures. A breakdown of the toll so far:
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The 8.9-magnitude quake was centered off Sumatra, Indonesia. The death toll, now put at 7,000, was expected to rise dramatically.
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The world's fifth-largest quake in a  century hit southern Asia on Sunday, triggering a speeding  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  hundreds, and swamped tourist islands in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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MADRAS, 28 December 2004 - Grief and anguish marked final rituals across Southeast Asia yesterday as relatives buried or cremated their loved ones; and the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed crossed 25,000.
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Asia News, BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Indonesia&#39;s death toll from the weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunami soared past 32,500 on Wednesday as rescuers worked to make contact with devastated cities and towns in the hardest hit areas.
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Surging waves triggered by a huge earthquake strike several Asian  countries, killing more than 500 people.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in  Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7,800 people.
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Rescuers piled up bodies along Asian coastlines devastated by quake created wave waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed at least 23,700 people in nine countries, aid officials said.
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More than 10,000 people die across Asia in massive waves triggered by the largest earthquake in 40 years.
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The death toll of tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake climbed to 10226 on Sunday in seven countries in south and east of Asia.
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A gargantuan earthquake centered off the west coast of Indonesia unleashed a series of tidal waves Sunday morning that crashed into coastal towns, fishing villages and tourist resorts from India and Sri Lanka to Thailand and Malaysia, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving many more missing.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Powerful earthquakes  rocked Asia Monday, killing at least one person and further  rattling traumatized survivors of last month's killer tsunami.
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A powerful earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and causing at least two deaths.