Tsunami death toll may top 100,000; efforts underway to ward off ...
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - As the world scrambled to the rescue, survivors fought over packs of noodles in quake-stricken Indonesian streets Wednesday while relief supplies piled up at the airport for lack of cars, gas or passable roads to move them.
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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 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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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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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With health officials warning that the death toll of more than 150,000 from last month's tsunami could jump sharply without a continual supply of aid, world leaders struggled yesterday to figure out the best way to help victims -- and to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
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At least 100 people have been killed in Indonesia after a huge earthquake triggered a tidal wave that washed people out to sea and tore children from their parents&#39; arms in coastal cities.
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THE number of Britons killed in the tsunami disaster rose to 35 last night, but the toll may rise to hundreds as British officials admit many more may still be missing.
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THE international hand of help finally reached out to tsunami-devastated Asia yesterday as aftershocks put the region on nervous alert and the death toll from the Boxing Day disaster seemed certain to pass 100,000.
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The death toll from the killer waves unleashed across the Indian Ocean by the megaquake climbed inexorably toward 50,000 tonight. Indonesia believes at least 25,000 people died on Sumatra island - 10,000
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Colombo: The death toll in the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka reached 12,000, including at least 70 foreigners while many were reported still missing as rescuers on Monday frantically searched for survivors and engaged in reaching aid and medical care for
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Aid pledges for Asia's tsunami victims topped 1.6 billion dollars on a tide of New Year sympathy, but the United Nations warned it would take weeks for help to reach many survivors and that the death toll would likely rise to 150,000.
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The death toll in the killer tsunami tidal waves Monday rose rapidly to over 16,000 across South and South East Asia. In Sri Lanka, at least 5,880 people died in the huge
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More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
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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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Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning Friday to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria.
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The British death toll in the tsunami leapt fivefold to 199 yesterday. Michael Howard will today promise to champion the - oeforgotten majority - of hardworking, law-abiding people he says have been let down by ...
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Disease could double the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) official said yesterday.