Tsunami Death Toll Jumps Over 120,000
By Tomi Soetjipto and Dean Yates
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – The mercilessness of Asia’s tsunami grew clearer on Thursday as worst-hit Indonesia sharply raised its death toll, taking the number of fatalities around the whole Indian Ocean region above 120,000.
Health Ministry sources told Reuters just under 80,000 had died in Indonesia’s northern Aceh province that was close to the undersea quake, some 28,000 more than previously announced. Two sources said the toll would be officially announced soon.