Author Topic: Tsunami death toll more than 212,000 (Read 173 times)

Matrix Heart · « **on:** January 19, 2005, 08:34:49 AM »

(CNN) -- Relief officials are working to assess the death tolls from the December 26 tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people in more than 11 countries.

CNN has confirmed that the undersea earthquake off Sumatra and the giant waves it triggered killed at least 212,000 people -- 166,000 in Indonesia alone.

Figures are from government officials or agencies unless otherwise indicated. A discrepancy between CNN and some wires still exists because some media outlets are now combining missing and dead totals, particularly India's.

Indonesia: The Health Ministry puts the number of dead at 166,320, with 6,245 listed as missing. Some news media are reporting higher casualty figures that have been reported by the nation's Social Ministry.

Sri Lanka: The overall death toll for Sri Lanka stands at 29,854.

Still missing in Sri Lanka are 6,007 people, and another 100,000 families have been displaced.

We are now reporting government figures for all Sri Lankan districts except Mulativu, which is entirely under rebel control. For Mulativu, we use the rebel figures and believe this more accurately reflects the numbers. Currently, the government has estimated 3,000 dead in that district; the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) say the number is 1,932 dead with another 1,000 missing.

India: 10,749 dead; 5,640 missing -- 5,554 on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands -- the Indian government said.

Thailand: 5,313 dead, 3,396 missing. Many of the missing are presumed dead.

Somalia: 150, according to the United Nations.

Maldives: 82 dead, 26 missing, says the Maldives' National Disaster Center.

Malaysia: 68 dead, 6 missing.

Myanmar: 59 dead, according to the International Federation for the Red Cross, which is coordinating with the Myanmar government.

Tanzania: 10 dead, according to the U.N.

Bangladesh: 2 dead, according to the U.N.

Kenya: 1 dead, according to Kenyan media.

Seychelles: 3 dead, according to the U.N.