yeah one of my friend's sister and her husband were spending thei hollidays there, he doesnt know wether they r still alive, but going ot their place is like... wow... his mom crys all day... i havent seen him in like a week... i hope she and her husband r aiight, they were on their honeymoon, luckily not one person close to me went there, though i live in china (i am soo not chinese) and we also felt it, but it was very minor
Some news people show more graphic things. On cnn they showed some dead bodies but on the Canadian brodcast channel they show everything. A-Z and one reporter gave such a chilling report in Thailand over the phone and it was more sad then any video i have seen. Clear difference in what they show and say. Cnn is the only US network really focusing on this story. BBC is going mental on this story too. Abc, cbc and cbs give like 5 min.
here proof, 55,000 killed
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=1512&e=2&u=/afp/20041228/wl_afp/asiaquaketoll_041228142716
Death toll in Asian quake disaster over 55,000
JAKARTA (AFP) - The confirmed death toll from the massive earthquake and tidal waves that devastated much of Asia's coastline passed 55,000, with officials warning the figure was likely to rise steeply.
In Indonesia, the government's disaster relief centre said at least 27,174 were killed after the country took the full force of the huge earthquake and tidal waves that swallowed entire coastal villages.
ndonesia's health ministry said at least 27,174 had been killed in the quake as the true scale of the catastrophe becomes clear.
In Sri Lanka more than 17,600 people, including at least 70 foreigners, were killed in Sunday's disaster.
More than 8,500 people were reported killed in India with many more victims expected, officials said.
Among them were about 4,000 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, close to the epicentre of the quake, where thousands were missing after five villages were swept away, an official said.
More than 1,400 people were killed, among them more than 700 foreign tourists, in southern Thailand, officials said, putting the toll at 1,439.
In Malaysia 65 people, including many elderly and children, were killed, officials said, while at least 90 people were killed in Myanmar.
At least 52 people including two British holidaymakers were killed while another 68 were missing in the tourist paradise of Maldives, officials said.
Death toll vs other death tolls
Sri Lanka: 17,640-18700
India: 8,523-12000
Indonesia: 27,174
Thailand: 1,439-2000
Malaysia: 65
Myanmar: 90
Maldives: 55
Bangladesh: 2
Somalia 100
Tanzania 10
Total: 55,098-60,000
OKay, now this is starting to scare me!!!
Offically now this is the deadlist earthquake since 1976!!
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Sweden reported 1,500 citizens missing, the Czech Republic almost 400, Finland 200 and Italy and Germany 100.
Many are presumed dead. This disaster also will be remembered to have killed more tourists then people in Thailand. According to CBC on a resort island of kaho lake, hundreds of bodies mostly foreigners lie in rows of 50.
now I'm confused, CBC reports 59000 dead but CNN has been at 33,000 since early morning.
CBC has
Indonesia:27,000 dead
Sri Lanka:19,000
India:11,500
Thailand:1,500
total:59,000
Sad, 25,000 estimated dead in sri lanka plus thousands of tourists still missing in thailand. ❌
India thousands are missing and tens and i mean tens of thousands missing in Indonesia. I don't want to imagine the total but i think 70,000 plus will be killed. Making it the worst Tsunami to hit anywhere since 1755 in Lisbon Portugal. 🤨
Tangshan earthquake was in 1976 so it is true. This is the Worst Tsunami disaster in recorded history. I think it will more deadly then the Lisbon Tsunami all the way back in 1755 that killed 70,000 people. Shocking very shocking. This clamity is bigger then any diasater in last 28 years and will be the worst Tsunami in recorded history.