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Tsunami Disaster in Asia

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As dawn broke on Dec 26, across the Bay of Bengal, 11 countries struck by tsunamis in the wake of the most powerful earthquake magnitude 9.0 the planet has seen in 40 years.

With 80,000 already reported dead in southern Asia and East Africa. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the total number of dead could easily grow up to 200,000.

The United States is offering $35 million, Japan $30 million and the United Kingdom $28 million. Australia and Germany have pledged $27 million, France $20.4 million and Saudi Arabia $10 million, and many other nations also participate in the relief efforts.

Scenes of destruction ,homes and businesses flattened, buses tossed about like toys, piles of rubble filling the streets ,were repeated across the region, as were the scenes of grief ,residents and vacationers searching in vain for loved ones.

It was the strongest earthquake since the March 28, 1964, quake in Prince William Sound in Alaska. It is the fourth strongest since recordings of magnitude began in 1899, tying a 1952 quake in Kamchatka, Russia.

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