Earthquake kills more than 144,000 in Asia

[damien]

(CNN) -- Massive tidal waves triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in over 40 years have wiped out coastal areas across southeastern Asia as far as 1,000 miles away, killing nearly 3,000 people -- most of them in Sri Lanka and India.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/2...uake/index.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml...&storyID=644282

What a way to end the year...

[penyu]

this is scary man, heard that some people in Penang died because of huge tidal waves.

[damien]

Death toll up to 6000 as reported in the news just now...

A view from a helicopter of the damage caused by a tsunami in Phuket, about 862 km (536 miles) south of Bangkok, December 26, 2004. A tsunami triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean killed one tourist in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday and may have swept four or five more out to sea, officials said. REUTERS

[decentkid]

OMG!!!!

this is horrible.....

on another hand...guess no more shipmen from indian ocean from now....i am so bad....haha.....

my heart goes out to those affect....

lucky singapore is blocked by indonesia....if not half of singapore will be devistated.....

[Achilles Tang]

Death toll as of now is 5600.

[Achilles Tang]

Closer to home: Malaysia death toll by the killer tidal waves

[penyu]

Singapore will be in great chaos if we are affected. Thank God we're not.

[DeepBlue]

We are blessed in many ways. So i always try to appreciate a lot of things here in Singapore.

Hope our neighbours are getting enuff help from the neighbouring countries

[AquaRa]

so sad....

[Creetin]

i guess can count ourselves lucky we werent holidaying in phuket or anything.... my colleague just came back from there last week!

[williammuk]

While watching the news, I'm just thinking how fortunate that our tiny little island is "protected" by our neighbouring countries. It would have been disastrous if that 10m tsunami crashed on our shores. Imagine what would happen to Sentosa? And what about the refineries?

Just look at the deathtoll in the affected countries. It's so scary.

So sad for them and their families.

[Vinoth]

Over 150 died in my place. Thank god our house 10kms away from the sea. So sad most of the costal villages wiped out.

[decentkid]

2nd tidal wave might occur....and 75 divers trapped in a popular cave in phuket....this is so sad...

[Achilles Tang]

Man, my wife and I could have been in Phuket diving if we went ahead with our original plan!

*shudder*

I just saw the video coverage... patong beach is completely devastated... I hope my fishing friends who lives there are alright!

[shoelevy]

me in bangkok home now

its big news man

all over CNN and all the channels

earthquake originated from indonesia richter 8.9 follwed by aftershocks each more than 5.2 in richter

singapore got tremors anot???

the waves that reached phuket were 10m tall....1km in all damaged...maldives also badly hit...damn pour souls

sri lankan jail whole thing swept awae all inmates gone....

my cousin's mum go work there passed awae in this incident...poor thing

so much for christmas

[shoelevy]

Over 150 died in my place. Thank god our house 10kms away from the sea. So sad most of the costal villages wiped out.

vinoth...u haf a place in thailand?

[decentkid]

me in bangkok home now

its big news man

all over CNN and all the channels

earthquake originated from indonesia richter 8.9 follwed by aftershocks each more than 5.2 in richter

singapore got tremors anot???

the waves that reached phuket were 10m tall....1km in all damaged...maldives also badly hit...damn pour souls

sri lankan jail whole thing swept awae all inmates gone....

my cousin's mum go work there passed awae in this incident...poor thing

so much for christmas

yup...singapore got tremours....but sumatra blocked us from the tidal waves...they took the full blow for us...

my condolences to u and your cousin....

[Vinoth]

vinoth...u haf a place in thailand?

no in india.

[shoelevy]

eh sorry

i meant my cousin's frend's mum

not us...fortunately and unfortuantely

[shoelevy]

oh..haha...sorry vinoth...wrong frequency

aniwae...gd to noe everyone in singapore's well and hope they will set up an early warning system soon

[seamonkee]

oh..haha...sorry vinoth...wrong frequency

aniwae...gd to noe everyone in singapore's well and hope they will set up an early warning system soon

Yeah, we are so blessed......

[shoelevy]

aw man...jus got news that the coast guards at phuket out there searching for survivors lost 2 of their ships.............words jus can't express the sense of loss i feel

[flubberina13]

though not related to them but yet can empathize with the sorrow that they are suffering...

Hopefully there will be another Love Thailand Project coming on...

hope we have the capacity to help as much as we can...share the love...Christmas is not just for these twelve days...

[Ancelot]

My heart goes out to all who have suffered through this incident...

May the lost souls find their way back to the gates of St.Petersburg.

Amen~

[piglet]

my mum back in singapore> an hour ago.. in bangkok this morning. The hotel's lamps were shaking while she was taking her breadfast.

thanks Buddha. ...