Asian disaster toll surges past 55,000 as relief operations stall
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Logistical problems hampered a massive humanitarian relief operation along Asia&#39;s devastated shores as the death toll from a huge earthquake and killer tidal waves surged past 55,000.
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REAL, Philippines  - 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, officials said Tuesday.
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The official death toll from last weekend's tsunami disaster is approaching 150,000 with most of the victims in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
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Survivors and rescuers are battling through the devastation left by sea surges that killed more than 15,000 people on Asia&#39;s southern shores.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Asia's tsunami death toll  soared past 175,000 Monday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands  more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid  workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.
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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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The death toll from Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines and Vietnam has neared 250 with dozens more still missing, as officials warned flash floods and landslides could still claim more lives.
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The death toll from the epic tsunami that rocked 11 countries rose to 40,000 people today, and food and supplies poured into the region, part of what the UN said would be the biggest relief effort the world has ever seen.
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Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed rose to more than 23,200 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to deliver food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the U.N. warned a death toll of about  150,000 will climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in the  Indian Ocean tsunami disaster soared above 120,000 on Thursday  as millions scrambled for food and fresh water and thousands  more fled in panic to high ground on rumors of new waves.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The mercilessness of  Asia's tsunami grew clearer on Thursday as worst-hit Indonesia  sharply raised its death toll, taking the number of fatalities  around the whole Indian Ocean region above 120,000.
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Aid began trickling through to survivors across the earthquake and tsunami-battered Indian Ocean today, but tons of emergency supplies continued to pile up at some overstretched airports as the death toll continued its inexorable rise.
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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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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - Rescuers scoured the sea for  missing tourists and fishermen in Asia Monday and fears of  disease grew as emergency services struggled with rotting  bodies from a devastating tsunami that killed more than 22,700  people.
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The death toll from floods and landslides unleashed by ferocious storms lashing southwest China jumped to 143 with at least 50 more missing, state media reported.
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Soldiers searched for bodies in  treetops, families wept over the dead laid on beaches and  rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia  counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed more than  15,500.