Corpses piled on Asian coasts, tsunami toll 23,200
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COLOMBO: Rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and fishermen in Asia yesterday and fears of disease grew as emergency services struggled with rotting bodies from a devastating tsunami that killed more than 23,200 people.
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Hundreds of European tourists on Christmas sun breaks in southern Asian beach resorts were listed dead or missing Monday after tidal waves struck across the region and left at least 23,675 dead in all.
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Nations on the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka searched amongst the wreckage of a devastating Tsunami for bodies to bury today as fears grew the toll would exceed the 29,000 now reported killed.
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The toll in Sunday&#39;s earthquake-induced tsunamis continued to mount on Tuesday with latest figures indicating nearly 7,400 deaths in India and over 20,000 in six countries across South and South East Asia.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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Indian Ocean states from Indonesia to  Sri Lanka scrambled on Tuesday to cope with the widespread  devastation of a tsunami that killed over 23,000 people and  could claim more lives through disease and privation.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aircraft, naval vessels  and trucks struggled Friday to deliver aid around stricken  southern Asia as the death toll exceeded 124,000 from a tsunami  which darkened the world's New Year.
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The death toll in a tsunami that  slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000 on  Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and  soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease.
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The scale of devastation wrought by sea surges that killed about 23,000 people on Asia&#39;s shores is starting to emerge. The death toll is still climbing, thousands are missing and millions have been made homeless
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aircraft, naval vessels  and trucks struggled Friday to deliver aid around stricken  southern Asia as the death toll exceeded 124,000 from a  devastating tsunami which darkened the world's New Year.
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KILLER tsunamis unleashed by an earthquake have wiped out more than 23,000 lives, with at least two Australians dead and 100 missing.
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Geneva - The death toll from tidal waves that struck nine Indian Ocean countries has risen to 23 700, the International Red Cross said on Monday.
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Mourners in Sri Lanka used their bare hands to dig graves Tuesday while hungry islanders in Indonesia turned to looting in the aftermath of Asia's devastating tsunamis. Thousands more bodies were found in Indonesia, dramatically increasing the death toll across 11 nations to more than 52,000.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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RESCUERS were today scouring flood-ravaged coasts across Asia after tidal waves killed at least 15,000 people. The death toll is still rising rapidly more than 24 hours after the world&#39;s strongest quake in 40 years.
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At least 124,000 people have been confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami disaster as the effort to deliver relief supplies to the millions affected by the giant wave gathers pace.
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The death toll from Typhoon Xangsane in the Philippines has neared 200,  as rescue workers reached remote areas where last week's massive storm sparked flash floods and landslides.