Monday, December 27, 2004


Yahoo! News - Asia Tsunami Toll Tops 16,400, Rush to Find Bodies
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and soldiers raced to recover bodies amid fears of disease as Asia counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed more than 16,400 along coasts from India to Indonesia.

The wall of water up to 10 meters (33 ft) high flattened houses, hurled fishing boats onto coastal roads, sent cars spinning through swirling waters into hotel lobbies and sucked sunbathers, babies and fishermen off beaches and out to sea.

At 6:40 it was 21,000. Everytime I refresh the browser it goes higher.