Fifteen Britons killed in Asian tidal wave
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At least 15 Britons died when Asian countries were hit by tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, British consular officials and the Foreign Office in London said.
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Almost 10,600 people were killed by the Boxing Day tidal wave in the Tamil Tiger-controlled area of north eastern Sri Lanka, an aid worker said today.
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw said 49 Britons had died and a further 391 were missing feared dead following the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean.
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COLOMBO: Mass funerals were underway in Sri Lanka as the death toll from the tidal wave disaster neared 12,000 with decomposed bodies pulled from washed out trains, cars and devastated buildings, officials said.
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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At least 15 people die and several others are missing after a huge typhoon hits south-west Japan.
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The Foreign Office confirms that an Edinburgh man is among 40 Britons who died in the Asian tsunami.
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At least 15 people are dead after a wall of a warehouse under construction collapsed, officials in India say.
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TEN people from Suffolk have today been confirmed as dead or missing after last month's tsunami disaster in south east Asia.
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Four Britons were confirmed dead after Asian countries were hit by tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake, the Foreign Office said.
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A Briton died of a heart attack when the Maldives was hit by major tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake and one or two were missing in the region, a tourism official said.
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Two British tour operators, MyTravel and First Choice, reported a total of eight deaths among their clients from the tidal waves which devastated Asian beach resorts.
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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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Forty Britons have died in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster and 159 others were missing and "highly likely" to have died, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said, suggesting the death toll could approach 200.
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At least 15 people were buried when a  landslide triggered by a fierce typhoon struck a mountain  village in Taiwan, a government official said on Thursday.
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Malaysian Police confirmed that five people were killed by a tsunami tidal wave that struck the coast in Penang following a powerful earthquake in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra Sunday morning.