APCEDI ALERT EQ-SSEA #5, 2004: Series of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Devastate Wide Area of South and Southeast Asia

Updated Information and Death Tolls

Death tolls continue to mount around the region. The following are revised, interim death tolls from three primary sources: BBC, Agence France-Presse and the Indian Government. These figures will be revised as more information comes in.

Sumatra and off shore islands, 4500 dead, Most casulaties in Aceh and Northern Sumatra Provinces.

Sri Lanka, 5500-6000 dead; Highest casualty figures from the East Coast cities of Trincomalee and Batticaloa and the South Coast cities of Hambantota and Galle.

India, 3000-3200 dead, 2800 from Tamil Nadu with Chennai (Madras) area hard hit, 50-100 from Southern Andhra Pradesh including Pondicherry enclaves and 100-150 from Kerala.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 3000 dead, toll likely to rise; severe to catastrophic damage throughout island chains.

Thailand, 839 dead, most casualties from Phuket and Phi Phi Islands and along the peninsular west coast including Krabi area.

Maldives 40-60 dead; damage throughout country.

Burma, 50 dead, most damage in the Irrawaddy Delta and coastal towns of the Tenassarim Peninsula; 36 deaths reported in Pyinzalu Island near Labutta town, but still very little confirmable news has been released by official sources.

Malaysia, 42 dead, Most casualties in Penang and Coastal Kedah State in Northwest.

Bangladesh 2 dead; overall damage light.

Many of these figures will still continue to rise as reports from outlying and cut-off areas eventually come in.

Kevin Vang
APCEDI Coordinator
http://www.afap.org/apcedi/