Tsunami death toll updated
{{date|March 24, 2005}}
[[File:US Navy 050102-N-9593M-040 A village near the coast of Sumatra lays in ruin after the Tsunami that struck South East Asia.jpg|180px|right|A village near the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, devastated after the tsunami]]
New figures on the [[w:Indian Ocean Tsunami|Indian Ocean Tsunami]] disaster death toll have been released by [[w:Indonesia|Indonesia]]'s National Disaster Relief Coordination Agency. It confirms 126,473 dead and 93,943 missing in Indonesia, the worst hit nation by far.

The [[w:tsunami|tsunami]] was the result of an undersea earthquake near the northern tip of [[w:Sumatra|Sumatra]] (in Indonesia) on December 26. The waves struck as far away as Tanzania on Africa's east coast. 

According to Sri Lanka's Centre for National Operations, it was the second hardest-hit by the disaster with 30,957 dead, with another 5,637 people listed as missing.

According to SBS World News today, the total dead and missing for all eleven countries damaged by the tsunami now stands at 282,517. 

<CENTER>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
|+ '''Dead and missing in countries hit by December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami'''
|- 
| Country      
|align="right"|  dead    
|align="right"|  missing 
|align="right"|  total
|- 
| Indonesia    
|align="right"| 126,473 
|align="right"| 93,943  
|align="right"| 220,416
|- 
| Sri Lanka    
|align="right"| 30,957  
|align="right"| 5,637   
|align="right"| 36,594
|- 
| India        
|align="right"| 10,749  
|align="right"| 5,640   
|align="right"| 16,389
|- 
| Thailand     
|align="right"| 5,595   
|align="right"| 3,001   
|align="right"| 8,596
|-
| Somalia
|align="right"| 298 *
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 298 *
|-
| Maldives
|align="right"| 82
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 82
|-
| Malaysia
|align="right"| 68
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 68
|-
| Burma
|align="right"| 61
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 61
|-
| Tanzania
|align="right"| 10
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 10
|-
| Bangladesh
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 2
|-
| Kenya
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| 1
|-
| Total
|align="right"| 174,296
|align="right"| 108,221
|align="right"| 282,517
|}
''figures from SBS World News March 24, 2005''

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Aid workers claim this figure to be inflated.
</CENTER>

Over a thousand Europeans were killed in the disaster. Mostly holiday-makers, of those lost it is estimated that one third were German. Another 1,100 were listed as missing.

==See also==
* [[Gender imbalance in Tsunami deaths]]

*{{source|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Strongest_earthquake_in_40_years_hits_Southeast_Asia 
|title=Strongest earthquake in 40 years hits Southeast Asia 
|pub=Wikinews
|author= 
|date=08:52, 26 Dec 2004}}

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=107900&region=2 
|title=Tsunami Toll Updated 
|pub=SBS World News 
|author= 
|date=March 24, 2005}}

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A village near the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, devastated after the tsunami
New figures on the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster death toll have been released by Indonesia's National Disaster Relief Coordination Agency. It confirms 126,473 dead and 93,943 missing in Indonesia, the worst hit nation by far.

The tsunami was the result of an undersea earthquake near the northern tip of Sumatra (in Indonesia) on December 26. The waves struck as far away as Tanzania on Africa's east coast. 

According to Sri Lanka's Centre for National Operations, it was the second hardest-hit by the disaster with 30,957 dead, with another 5,637 people listed as missing.

According to SBS World News today, the total dead and missing for all eleven countries damaged by the tsunami now stands at 282,517. 

+ 'Dead and missing in countries hit by December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami'

 Country      

  dead    

  missing 

  total

 Indonesia    

 126,473 

 93,943  

 220,416

 Sri Lanka    

 30,957  

 5,637   

 36,594

 India        

 10,749  

 5,640   

 16,389

 Thailand     

 5,595   

 3,001   

 8,596

 Somalia

 298 *

 -

 298 *

 Maldives

 82

 -

 82

 Malaysia

 68

 -

 68

 Burma

 61

 -

 61

 Tanzania

 10

 -

 10

 Bangladesh

 2

 -

 2

 Kenya

 1

 -

 1

 Total

 174,296

 108,221

 282,517


figures from SBS World News March 24, 2005

 Aid workers claim this figure to be inflated.


Over a thousand Europeans were killed in the disaster. Mostly holiday-makers, of those lost it is estimated that one third were German. Another 1,100 were listed as missing.

*
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