6,300 Dead as Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck south Asia this morning, triggering tsunamis that smashed into villages, resorts and tourist isles, killing thousands and leaving hundreds missing.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and  tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea  earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the  coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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A huge earthquake under the Indian Ocean has unleashed tidal waves killing at least 150 people in Sri Lanka, sent residents rushing in panic to high ground in Indonesia, and sent walls of water crashing into the Indian city of Chennai and the Thai tourist
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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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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 7,100 people.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia on Saturday, as aid workers, troops  and grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of  rotting corpses and help millions threatened by disease.
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The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in more than 50 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing thousands across five countries.
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A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on Sunday, setting off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and washed
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's fifth-largest  quake in a century hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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: At least 28 people were killed and dozens missing and feared drowned after a tsunami triggered by a huge earthquake struck Malaysiaâs northern coast today.
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Soldiers searched for bodies in treetops, families wept over the dead lined up on beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed at least 12,600.
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At least 419 people have been killed and hundreds more are injured or missing as tsunami tidal waves unleashed by a massive earthquake off Indonesia hit the region.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped  tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives, killing more than  6,300 people.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives.
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An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the  Richter scale shook an island in eastern Indonesia on Friday,  killing six people and injuring at least six more, a government  official said Friday.
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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.