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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| South Asian tsunami toll tops 11,000 |
| 2004-12-27 |
| A tsunami unleashed by an earthquake near Indonesia has struck several southern and southeastern Asian countries, killing more than 11,470 people. The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia on Sunday, killing thousands of people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand on Sunday. Effects of the earthquake and tsunami it produced were felt as far away as Tanzania and Somalia along the African coastline and Oman in the Arabian Gulf. Governments and humanitarian organisations around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical help to the stricken areas. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 On BBC website, a "Have Your Say" commenter said that most of the bodies in a Sri Lankan mortuary are women and children...wonder what the reason would be (seriously)...is upper body strength that important in a tsunami, or was it because homes were more vulnerable, or ? |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2004-12-27 4:36:15 PM |
| #6 According to comments in another post, they're fine. Steep drop-off in ocean shelf prevented wave from building up. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-12-27 11:54:43 AM |
| #5 Any news from Diego Garcia? The Maldives got really wet, so I'm just wondering. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-12-27 9:06:37 AM |
| #4 Actually - it's the quakes that hate us - I don't know why.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-27 8:24:17 AM |
| #3 The imensity of this tragedy is indicated by the fact that even after24 hours no Rantburger has yet asked, "Tsunamis. Why do they hate us?" |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-27 8:12:06 AM |
| #2 20,000+ & still rising |
| Posted by: God Save The World 2004-12-27 5:23:50 AM |
| #1 This total is just a guessthe totals will exceed this. We are still guessing at this point. I have been reading news from all over. The number of dead will be many, many times this early total. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-27 4:23:41 AM |