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Tidal wave toll: 35 dead, 355 injured Governor Udomsak Usarangkura has ordered doctors to treat all wounded who arrive at private clinics to alleviate the load at hospitals, such as Bangkok Phuket Hospital (above), which have been inundated with injured people since the wave hit Phuket this morning. PHUKET: The tidal wave that hit Phuket this morning has claimed the lives of 35 people and injured some 355, Wisut Romin, the Deputy Secretary of Phuket Provincial Administration Office, has announced.

Speaking at the emergency rescue headquarters set up at the Phuket Provincial Office, K. Wisut said that an earlier report had recorded that 11 people had died at Kata Beach, and nine more died at Nai Yang, where some 91 people were injured and an unknown number of people have since disappeared. K. Wisut added that three people died at Patong, two died at Nai Harn, another two died at Rassada Port, in Phuket City, and two more died at Kamala, where about 150 people were injured. Government officers and police are currently working to evacuate coastal areas in anticipation of another aftershock wave. A warning has been issued on local radio stations for people to stay away from the beaches, particularly those at Patong, Kata, Karon, Rawai and Kamala. Phuket Governor Udomsak Usawarangkura has also ordered doctors with private clinics to remain open to treat any person injured to try to alleviate the load on the island’s hospitals, which have been inundated with injured people since the wave hit Phuket this morning.

357 posted on 12/26/2004 12:46:32 AM PST by Central Scrutiniser (I'll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed)
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This is almost surreal. The best, and almost only information I'm able to get is over the web. The times they are a'changing. Still nothing on Diego Garcia and this wave should have reached at least to the seychelles by now.

FGS

367 posted on 12/26/2004 12:58:06 AM PST by ForGod'sSake (ABCNNBCBS: An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly.)
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I am praying deep into the night for the survivors of this terrible quake. I had epected tsunami, but not as widespread as this seems to be.

God help these people, and may we help them as well...


373 posted on 12/26/2004 1:08:16 AM PST by dandelion (http://thequestionfairy.blogspot.com/)
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