Tsunami toll hits 24,000 in Asia

(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-12-28 15:44

An Indian woman carries her television set to safety in Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 28, 2004, which was destroyed when a tidal wave hit on Sunday. Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India on Tuesday, as the government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami, which was triggered by an earthquake, that lashed the country's south would rise further.[Reuters]

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