[cheme]

Does anyone think these numbers are exaggerated? After all, they are now had a 10 fold increase in the number of deaths.

[notigar]

Possible if the Islands disappeared

[shadowman99]

I think a cripling loss of infrastructure and communications has kept much of the real picture hidden in the first hours and days.

Only time will tell if these numbers are real or not. Even 100,000 is still a stagering number.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Does anyone think these numbers are exaggerated? After all, they are now had a 10 fold increase in the number of deaths."

The story quotes a government official saying that a city of 150,000 has virtually disappeared. Another city of 80,000 was wiped out; the figures may indeed be realistic.

[Rutles4Ever]

This number is also not accounting for the outbreak of disease....

Bangladesh lost a similar number some years ago in flooding of their own...

Do not be surprised, when all is said and done (disease toll included), the number exceeds one million dead...

This is an historic tragedy.

[nhoward14]

They are just now getting to the areas closest to the epicenter. So far it appears to be utter destruction to the point where they just declare the entire population dead.