Killer wave devastates South Asia

12/29/2004
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Miguel Angel Garcia-Alcaraz from Spain hugs Cherie Altenburg from New Zealand while they wait for their boat going to Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island, on December 28, after a tsunami hit the area two days before. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating quake-triggered tsunami for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. — Reuters

Miguel Angel Garcia-Alcaraz from Spain hugs Cherie Altenburg from New Zealand while they wait for their boat going to Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island, on December 28, after a tsunami hit the area two days before. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating quake-triggered tsunami for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. — Reuters