Rome (AsiaNews) - At least 13,356 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday, followed by aftershocks in the region.
Death tolls by country:
- Sri Lanka: at least 6,090 dead, with 4,590 reported dead
in government-controlled areas and at least 1,500 dead in
Tamil rebel-controlled territory.
- Indonesia: 4,448.
- India: 2,284
- Thailand: 431.
- Malaysia: 48.
- Maldives: 32.
- Myanmar: About 12.
- Somalia: 9.
- Bangladesh: 2.