Death, devastation, tears, relief

12/31/04
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A Thai woman looks for her family member who died in Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave, at a temple in Thailand's town of Thap Lamu on December 30. Millions of people around the Indian Ocean scrambled for food and clean water on Thursday, with the threat of disease and hunger now stalking survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record. The official death toll rose to 82,847, but the true scale of the disaster may not be known for days, or even weeks, as rescuers struggled to reach stricken areas and grieving survivors searched for relatives. — Reuters

A Thai woman looks for her family member who died in Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave, at a temple in Thailand's town of Thap Lamu on December 30. Millions of people around the Indian Ocean scrambled for food and clean water on Thursday, with the threat of disease and hunger now stalking survivors of the most devastating tsunami on record. The official death toll rose to 82,847, but the true scale of the disaster may not be known for days, or even weeks, as rescuers struggled to reach stricken areas and grieving survivors searched for relatives. — Reuters