On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:57:18 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Dec 29, 2004
The death toll from
the disaster now is being estimated at upward of 60,000.


NBC reports it's over 80,000 now and will probably go over 100,000 soon.

Fredrick Garvin wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:57:18 +0000, Mike Terry wrote:

Dec 29, 2004
The death toll from
the disaster now is being estimated at upward of 60,000.


NBC reports it's over 80,000 now and will probably go over 100,000 soon.



Radio Australia is reporting 89,000 as of 0200 UTC. In the Nicobar (sp?)
Islands, the entire population of some of the flatter islands has
apparently been simply washed away. My local newspaper, which is printed
at 2 am local time (1000 UTC), says 58,000 dead, which just goes to show
you how fast the toll is climbing.