Prayers, tears, fear as India tsunami toll rises
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PONDICHERRY/MADRAS: Hundreds of Indians scattered flower petals at sea and sacrificed chickens yesterday to pray for the safe return of those carried away in a tsunami as aftershocks hit some areas.
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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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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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PONDICHERRY/MADRAS, India  - Thousands of  villagers huddled inside emergency shelters on India's  southeast coast, too scared to sleep in case a tsunami that  killed up to 3,300 people strikes again.
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Colombo, Dec 27: 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 today frantically searched for survivors and engaged in reaching aid and medical care
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NEW DELHI/JAKARTA/NEW YORK - The death toll in the tsunamis that ripped across Southeast and South Asia climbed above 24,000 on Tuesday as emergency and government officials said two days after the disaster that they feared the number of victims would
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The official death toll in India from a massive tsunami that crashed into coastal communities has reached 8,955 while 3,874 more people were missing and presumed dead, the government said.
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Aided by massive relief efforts and fortitude, victims of Sunday&#39;s deadly tsunamis struggled to pick up the pieces in the face of untold devastation as India&#39;s human toll Wednesday raced toward a shocking 12,000.
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The confirmed death toll in Asia, after Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and tsunamis, has surged past 125,000. Indonesia which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, has updated its toll to almost 80,000 with entire coastal villages washed away.
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Rescue workers have pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, and the government has warned the death toll of almost 7,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s south will rise further.
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island rose to 12,212 people.
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Rescue workers pulled rotting corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, as the government warned the death toll of 7,100 would rise further from a tsunami that lashed the country's south.
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NEW DELHI: Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and waterlogged fields on Tuesday, as Government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s southern coastal areas, would rise further.
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The death toll from epic tsunamis that rocked 11 countries rose to 44,000 people today after Sri Lanka and Indonesia significantly increased their confirmed deaths.
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The death toll rose above 14,000 after an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the world&#39;s biggest in four decades, caused tsunami waves that devastated coastal towns from Thailand to India.
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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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Nations on the Indian Ocean from  Indonesia to Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury  their dead and help the survivors of a tsunami as fears grew  the final toll would far exceed the 27,700 people reported  killed.