Quake Death Toll Reaches 52,000
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll from the massive tsunami that devastated the coastlines of Southeast Asia and Eastern Africa climbed to 52,000 Tuesday, as Indonesia (search) raised the number of dead in that country alone to 27,000.
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The Aceh province, Indonesia, is reporting over 5,700 deaths as a result of a massive earthquake that hit the area last Sunday. Seismologists have upped the quake&#39;s force to 9 on the Richter Scale.
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A third day of tremors left people here skittish today after Wednesdayâs massive earthquake left a death toll throughout the region of at least 13.
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The death toll in the massive tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in South and Southeast Asia on Sunday has reached over 55,000.
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A total of 22,493 people have been confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by a tsunami and the number is rising, the government said on Wednesday, forecasting the toll could pass the 30,000 mark.
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: An Indian archipelago was jolted Tuesday by aftershocks from the massive weekend quake, as emergency aid reached survivors of the tsunami waves that killed 4,413 people and left 8,000 missing, many of them probably dead.
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Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on battered Sumatra island Tuesday, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 52,000 and tens of thousands still were missing.
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Rescue workers dug through the ruins of this tsunami-devastated town in search of bodies Thursday, as frightened locals woke up from a third night spent in hillside camps overlooking the sea. The death toll stood at 531, with more than 270 missing.
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The death toll from Thursday's ferry fire in Indonesia rises to 41 as rescuers find 21 bodies, officials say.
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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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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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Flooding and landslides set off by heavy rains have killed 55 people and left 52 missing in China&#39;s south-western province of Sichuan.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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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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Relief crews battling walls of mud and lashing rain to reach villages still isolated days after back-to-back storms devastated the northeastern Philippines have found 51 more bodies, taking the death toll to at least 740 people
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Basic supplies have not reached many parts of quake-ravaged Indonesia,  where the death toll is now 52,000.
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At least 21 people die and hundreds are injured in a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in western Rwanda.