Tsunami toll hits 24,000 in Asia

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

A view of the damage on Phi Phi Islands, December 27, 2004, after a tsunami swept through this famous tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, on Sunday. The death toll in a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake that slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000 on Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease. [Reuters]

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