Dec 31 Watch Independent Television News Reports from Tsunami Three Independent Television News reports give updates on the conditions in different parts of South Asia, and the overall ongoing relief efforts. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Child Victims of the Tsunami One third of the victims of the tsunami have been children. Terence Smith speaks with two international aid agency workers about the youngest victims of the disaster in South Asia and what is being done to help them. Continue watching
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 30 Watch Reports on Ongoing Relief Efforts in Different Parts Of Asia Three Independent Television News reports on the ongoing relief efforts in different parts of South Asia. Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch Recovery Efforts in Tsunami-Hit Indonesia Indonesia's death toll from the earthquake and ensuing tsunamis jumped from 45,000 to 80,000 in one day. Following a report from a journalist who just returned from northern Sumatra, the Indonesian ambassador to the U.S. discusses what his country is… Continue watching
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
Dec 29 Watch Global Relief Efforts in Indonesia and India Kwame Holman gives an update on the global relief efforts to aid survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami waves in South Asia. Then, Dan Rivers and Martin Geissler of Independent Television News report on the conditions in the Indonesian… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Sri Lankan Ambassador Talks About Sri Lankan Disaster Relief Efforts Sri Lanka has been one of the hardest hit countries by the tsunami. Devinda Subasinghe, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, discusses the devastation from the tsunamis and the efforts to aid the survivors. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Health Experts Warn Death Toll From Disease Could Hit 50,000 As the death toll mounts in South Asia from Sunday's catastrophe, Dr. Nabarro, the head of crisis at the World Health Organization, warned that as many as 50,000 people may die from diseases caused by the tsunamis. Continue watching
Dec 28 Nations Hit by Earthquake-Induced Tidal Waves Appeal for Aid By PBS News Hour The death toll from Sunday's earthquake and ensuing chain of devastating tidal waves in the Indian Ocean soared past 50,000 Tuesday, as recovery efforts turned up more victims and survivors searched through stacks of bodies looking for loved ones. Continue reading