APCEDI ALERT EQ-SSEA #7, 2004: Series of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Devastate Wide Area of South and Southeast Asia

Updated Information and Death Tolls

Information continues to come in as authorities and relief workers begin to access more remote areas. Deutsche Presse Agentur is now reporting 100 dead in Somalia. There are estimates from Senior Indonesian officials that the death toll on Sumatra could greatly increase once all villages of the Northwest Coast of Aceh Province south of Banda Aceh are assessed.
The following death toll information is from five primary sources: OCHA, USAID, BBC, Agence France-Presse and the Indian Government. These figures reflect the averages being provided by the above sources.

Sumatra and off shore islands, 4900-5000 dead, Most casualties in Aceh and Northern Sumatra Provinces. Government estimates report that the death toll will rise much higher once affected villages of the Northwest Coast of Aceh Province south of Banda Aceh are assessed.

Sri Lanka, 10000-13000 dead; Highest casualty figures from the East Coast cities of Trincomalee and Batticaloa and the South Coast cities of Hambantota and Galle. The death tolls being reported from Sri Lanka are still quite widely varied and undependable.

INDIA, 3000-3200 dead as follows:
Tamil Nadu; 3500-3700 dead with Chennai (Madras), Velankunni and Nagappattinam areas hardest hit,
Southern Andhra Pradesh, 80-100 dead, many hundreds still missing, Krishna , Guntur , Prakasam and Nellore Districts hardest hit.
Pondicherry enclaves 400-450 dead.
Southern Kerala 150 dead; Southern Districts including Alappuzha District hardest hit.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India 3000 dead, toll likely to rise as assessments are just beginning; severe to catastrophic damage throughout island chains.

Thailand, 900-1000 dead, most casualties from Phuket and Phi Phi Islands and along the peninsular west coast including Krabi area.

Maldives 50-60 dead; damage throughout country.

Burma, 60 dead, most damage in the Irrawaddy Delta and coastal towns of the Tenassarim Peninsula; 36 deaths reported in Pyinzalu Island near Labutta town and another 20 from the Thanintharyi Division in the peninsula, but still very little confirmable news has been released by official sources.

Malaysia, 44-53 dead, Most casualties in Penang and Coastal Kedah State in Northwest.

Bangladesh 2 dead; overall damage light.

SomaliaDeutsche Presse Agentur is now reporting 100 dead in Somalia with the Puntland Coast hardest hit. News is coming in of damage from Kenya, Mauritius and the Seychelles islands but no reports of death as yet.


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

Very good updates on relief efforts are now being provided on the UN's Relief Web.

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