News - Death toll update 30 Dec

At least 67,715 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday, followed by aftershocks in the region.



Death tolls by country:

Indonesia: 36,268

Sri Lanka: 22,493

India: 6,974

Thailand: 1,657

Somalia: 100

Myanmar: 90

Malaysia: 65

Maldives: 55

Tanzania: 10

Bangladesh: 2

Kenya: 1