Oh dear, 600 Swedish people are missing. Now that's a big shocker and also 100's people were killed all the way in Somalia. That 4-5000 km away!!
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_re_as/quake_tidal_wave_16
Bodies were pulled from roadsides, orchards and beaches as Khao Lak resort, where the Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor said 600 Swedes had not been accounted for.
in Phuket, that been a media focus point. Odd some reports of rescue going well and other reports of hundreds of missing tourists?? Which is true, and our Canadian broadcast channel reports that the vice president of indonisa said that [b]"21000-25000 people have killed in Indonisa alone!!!![/B]
Climbing Asian Death Toll Passes 22,500
Late Monday, Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla told the state news agency he believed the toll in his country could climb to 25,000.
"We don't have confirmed data, but I think between 21,000 and 25,000 people (have died), he said, according to the Antara state news agency.
I think in a week this will become a far greater disaster. Many are still missing in Islands too. Indonisa hasn't reported higher death tolls because they haven't been able to get to some severly affeceted yet!!
here is a thailand article
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1530&ncid=731&e=1&u=/afp/20041228/wl_asia_afp/asiaquakethailandtoll
700 tourists have been killed!!
Over 700 foreigners among dead in Thailand: deputy minister
9 minutes ago Asia - AFP
BANGKOK, (AFP) - More than 700 foreign tourists are believed to have died when tidal waves smashed into southern Thailand over the weekend, the deputy interior minister said.
"The latest figure we have is more than 990 confirmed deaths. Of these some 200 were Thais and the rest were foreigners," Sutham Sangprathum told reporters before a cabinet meeting on the disaster.
"But from what I have witnessed more deaths will be reported."
Other officials on the ground had earlier estimated that about one-third of the victims were foreigners.
Sutham estimated that the final death toll could surpass 2,000 in six southern provinces.
He said the worst hit area was Khao Lak in Phang Nga province where he estimated that more than 1,000 people had died and 80 percent of the area suffered damage.
Sutham said the second worst-hit area was Phi Phi island east of Phuket with up to 70 percent of the island severely damaged.
He said rescue operations Tuesday would focus on recovering bodies and tracing the missing. On Monday the focus was on helping survivors.
Oh dear i wonder how many tourists have been really killed. Alot of sweds are missing!!
i am quite shocked by the number of foreign nationals killed. Over 1000 in the area affected!! You can try to find a Thai hot line, it was on CNN a while ago. Try their embassy number.
Worrying thing is that now 24,000 are killed and atleast 30-50000 are reported missing. I think this disater is getting bigger and bigger. I think 50,000 people will die from this clamity. I hope your friend is not one of them.
According to CBC news at least 2000 reported dead in Thailand.
Estimates say 18,700 people killing in sri lanka, the death toll in Indian is past 10,000 not 4000 and in Indianian the death toll may reach as high as 50,000!!!!
CNN reports a lower death toll of 33,000 but have not included 10,000 found dead in Indianian
Here a official death toll vs other death tolls
Sri Lanka: 12,909-rep 18,700
Indian: 8,523-12,000
Indonesia: 21,000 very high!
Thailand: 1,439-2000
Malaysia: 65
Myanmar: 90
Maldives: 55
Bangladesh: 2
Somalia 100
Tanzania 10
Total: 44,193
Note Indian, Indonesian, sri lankan, Thai officials still reports thousands missing. This is the worst Tsunami in 120 years and even worse then the one in Krakatoa!