Quake, Tsunami Devastate Asia, Over 11,300 Dead
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in  a century hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing tsunami waves on  coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Thailand, and  killing an estimated 11,300 people.
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A string of Indian islands were rattled yesterday by aftershocks following the massive quake on the weekend, while emergency aid was rushed to survivors of the tsunami waves that killed at least 4,300 people along the nation&#39;s southeastern coast.
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The death toll from epic tsunamis that rocked 11 countries rose to 44,000 people today after Sri Lanka and Indonesia significantly increased their confirmed deaths.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in  Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7,100 people.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in  Thailand and the Maldives to kill almost 9,500 people.
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At least four Britons have died and thousands more are stranded in south and east Asia after a huge earthquake sent massive waves across the region.
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Rescuers piled up bodies along Asian coastlines devastated by quake created wave waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed at least 23,700 people in nine countries, aid officials said.
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A gargantuan earthquake centered off the west coast of Indonesia unleashed a series of tidal waves Sunday morning that crashed into coastal towns, fishing villages and tourist resorts from India and Sri Lanka to Thailand and Malaysia, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving many more missing.
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Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed rose to more than 23,200 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.
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One of the world&#39;s most powerful earthquakes in years rocked northern Indonesia on Sunday and launched tidal waves that slammed shorelines across Asia, killing some 300 in Sri Lanka and almost 100 in Indonesia, officials said.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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All across Asia officials are counting the terrible toll from a powerful earthquake and tidal waves that have devastated the region.
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An earthquake of epic power struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean on Sunday, unleashing 20-foot tidal waves that came crashing down on beaches in eight Asian countries across thousands of miles, smashing seaside resorts and villages and leaving more than 11,350 dead in their wake.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.
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Jakarta (VNA) - A total of 59,189 people are reported to have been killed by the earthquake and tsunamis that struck Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra Island and several other Asian and African countries on Sunday, governmental and medical sources reported.
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Nearly 11,800 people were reported dead across eight countries in southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines Sunday morning.
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An earthquake off Sumatra triggered a massive tsunami that swept across southeast Asia Sunday, killing more than 8,000.