Death Toll tops 72,000

[Elkhunter]

<TABLE class=appIndo_Quake_Deaths_041227 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=400><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2><TABLE class=boxB_Indo_Quake_Deaths_041227 style="FONT-SIZE: 70%; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width=334 colSpan=2><TABLE class=colhdrIndo_Quake_Deaths_041227 style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#ffffff cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=334 border=1><TBODY><TR vAlign=center><TD align=left width=167>Country </TD><TD align=right width=*>Estimated deaths </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE id=body_Indo_Quake_Deaths_041227 style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" borderColor=#ffffff cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="100%" border=1><TBODY><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Sri Lanka </TD><TD align=right width=*>22,000</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Indonesia </TD><TD align=right width=*>36,200</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>India </TD><TD align=right width=*>12,500</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Thailand </TD><TD align=right width=*>1,516 </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Myanmar </TD><TD align=right width=*>90</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Malaysia </TD><TD align=right width=*>65</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Maldives </TD><TD align=right width=*>52</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Tanzania </TD><TD align=right width=*>10</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Somalia </TD><TD align=right width=*>110<SUP>a</SUP></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Seychelles </TD><TD align=right width=*>3</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Bangladesh </TD><TD align=right width=*>2</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD align=left width=167>Kenya </TD><TD align=right width=*>1</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#eeeeee><TD align=left width=167>Total</TD><TD align=right width=*>72,549</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR vAlign=top bgColor=#ffffff><TD class=credit width=310>Source: AP and Reuters

a - A presidential spokesman said hundreds were killed, but no exact death toll was available.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[Elkhunter]

The death toll from the Indian Ocean tsunamis continues to rise, with more than 80,000 people reported dead.

 

[WH's OutdoorsChick]

MY GAWD!!! That is just such a tragedy!!! I am Just super Thankful our backyards were not hit... It makes you realize something could easily happen to us on the west coast!