Asia: Death toll now at 58,067

29/12/2004 - 07:08:09
At least 58,067 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa’s eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashed coastlines after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia’s coast on Sunday, followed by aftershocks in the region.

Death tolls by country:
-Indonesia: 30,000.
-Sri Lanka: 21,715.
-India: 4,491
-Thailand: 1,538
-Somalia: 100.
-Myanmar: 90.
-Malaysia: 65.
-Maldives: 55.
-Tanzania: 10
-Bangladesh: 2.
-Kenya: 1

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