Jan 06 U.N. Urges Donor Nations to Speed Delivery of Tsunami Aid By PBS News Hour U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged national governments and relief organizations to speed the flow of pledged donations for the tsunami recovery effort in order to save the lives of an estimated 150,000 people at risk from disease and injury. Continue reading
Jan 03 Aid Flights Reach Tsunami Victims As Relief Efforts Increase By PBS News Hour Aid workers used everything from helicopters to elephants to try and deliver aid to the hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter eight days after an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis devastated parts of southern Asia. Continue reading
Dec 30 Destruction in Indonesia Pushes Tsunami Death Toll Over 114,000 By PBS News Hour As Indonesian military units pushed deeper into the ravaged region of northern Sumatra, officials said that nearly 80,000 people had died when an earthquake and ensuing tsunamis struck the country Sunday. Continue reading
Dec 29 Aid Continues to Flow Into Asia As Death Toll Passes 76,000 By PBS News Hour The scope of the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunamis continued to expand Wednesday as one relief agency projected the death toll, already over 76,000, could surpass 100,000. Continue reading