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  • Sea surges kill thousands in Asia -tragedia"9,500 people have been killed"

    12/26/2004 11:08:49 AM PST · by anonymoussierra · 94 replies · 6,240+ views
    BBC News ^ | BBC News
    More than 9,500 people have been killed across southern Asia in massive sea surges triggered by the strongest earthquake in the world for 40 years. The 8.9 magnitude quake struck under the sea near Aceh in north Indonesia, generating a wall of water that sped across thousands of kilometres of sea. More than 4,100 died in Indonesia, 3,200 in Sri Lanka and 2,000 in India. Casualty figures are rising over a wide area, including tourist resorts on Thailand packed with holidaymakers. Exact numbers of people killed, injured or missing in the countries hit, are impossible to confirm. Hundreds are still...