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Global Recon
December 27, 2004
Updated Death Toll by Country

Source: AP

  • Sri Lanka:
    A military spokesman says the death toll is 10,029 in government-controlled areas. Tamil rebels say 2,000 were killed in their areas, making a total of 12,029. More than 1 million people were displaced from wrecked villages.
  • Indonesia:
    Government officials say about 4,991 people were killed. Aceh province on Sumatra island was near the quake's epicenter and was the hardest-hit part of the vast archipelago.
  • India:
    An estimated 2,958 people died, the Home Ministry said. The worst-hit area was Tamil Nadu state, where 2,300 people died. Huge waves left southern beaches strewn with bodies and flipped-over boats and cars.
  • Thailand:
    The Interior Ministry said 866 people died, another 4,100 were injured and thousands were missing, mostly in idyllic southern islands packed with tourists from around the world. Among the dead was Poom Jensen, 21, the Thai-American grandson of King Bhumipol Adulyadej.
  • Malaysia:
    At least 52 people, including an unknown number of foreign tourists, were dead, according to official reports. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated temporarily from hotels and apartments after the Indonesian quake was felt throughout peninsular Malaysia.

Posted by Michele at December 27, 2004 09:48 AM | TrackBack
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I'm afraid to say that the number for Indonesia is way low. We expect a revision up to 10K-20K region.

http://nomadlife.org/2004/12/worse-is-yet-to-come.aspx

Posted by: Dody Gunawinata [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 27, 2004 05:36 PM

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