Yahoo! News Sun, Jan 02, 2005

Indonesia increased its death toll from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunamis to 94,081 on Monday, raising the total number of people reported killed in 11 countries in the Indian Ocean basin to at least 137,321. Aid agencies have said the death toll was expected to hit 150,000.

Features & Analysis

Elders' Sea Knowledge Spares Some Thais
AP - Sat Jan 1, 7:52 PM ET

Knowledge of the ocean and its currents passed down from generation to generation of a group of Thai fishermen known as the Morgan sea gypsies saved an entire village from the Asian tsunami, a newspaper said Saturday.

• Sea of Sorrow
  at TIME Magazine  (Jan 2, 2005)
• Countless Souls Cry Out to God
  at Newsweek via MSNBC  (Jan 2, 2005)
• A country ripped apart, a people daring to hope
  at The Guardian (UK).  (Jan 2, 2005)

Opinion & Editorials

Mother Nature, terrorist
U.S. News & World Report - Sat Jan 1, 4:15 PM ET

There is a sameness to brutal natural disasters. It's the final body count that chillingly distinguishes one from another. Last week's tsunami in Southern Asia, which rose up from an earthquake in the Indian Ocean, swamping 11 countries and quickly claiming more than 120,000 lives, is already one of the worst floods in history. With our minds focused on war and political terrorism, Mother Nature proves to be the worst of all terrorists in the horror of her sudden assault on vulnerable innocents.

• Hope Amid the Ruins
  at Newsweek via MSNBC  (Jan 2, 2005)
• Signs of hope in the darkness
  at The Guardian (UK).  (Jan 2, 2005)
• Wealth divides in death as in life
  at Sydney Morning Herald  (Jan 2, 2005)
• Help for Indonesia
  at The Washington Post (reg. req'd)  (Jan 2, 2005)

Interactives & Graphics

Tsunami Tragedy

AP via Yahoo! News

When Terra Firma Isn't

AP via Yahoo! News