The death toll from the earthquake rose to 87 today, most of them in Indonesia; World Health Organization: the number of refugees has reached five million; The number of missing Israelis dropped to 34
Concentration of sources: Haaretz, Walla News,
Photographs from the giant floods in South Asia
The death toll due to the floods on the shores of the Indian Ocean continues to rise, and reached about 87 thousand people yesterday (Wednesday). Aid organizations reported that at least a third of the dead were children. A senior member of the Red Cross said today that the number of dead may reach a hundred thousand, when the extent of the damage in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is revealed. The World Health Organization said today that the number of refugees following the tsunami reached five million. Yesterday, the organization warned that the death toll could double as a result of an outbreak of epidemics in the region. Today the number of missing Israelis dropped to 34.
3,400 bodies were discovered in one city in Indonesia
The largest number of dead in the natural disaster is in Indonesia - about 45 thousand people, 3,400 of whom were found today in one city in Aceh province by Indonesian soldiers. According to the country's vice president, the death toll does not include about ten thousand people whose lives are feared on the island of Sumatra. In Sri Lanka there were more than 22,500 dead; In India, about 7,000 people were killed, more than half of them in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and in Thailand about 1,500. Several hundred people were also killed in Somalia in Africa, more than 4,000 kilometers from the epicenter. Several hundred of the dead are tourists.
The tsunami wave exposed mines
In Asia, about a hundred thousand people were injured, and millions were left homeless due to the floods. The authorities in Southeast Asian countries warn that hundreds of thousands of people do not have clean drinking water, and are having difficulty burying the many bodies. As a result, there is a growing fear of outbreaks of epidemics. Communication lines and electricity and water supply were cut off in large areas. International aid agencies began pouring aid, food, medicine, equipment and money into all the countries of the region.
Israel is also working to help the affected countries.
The UN aid forces in Sri Lanka said that the tsunami wave also exposed mines, which endanger the lives of the aid workers
The damage of the floods in South India. About a third of the dead are children
Photo: Reuters
in the area. The UN fears that when the residents try to return to their homes, they may be killed or injured. The Sri Lankan army and the Tamil separatists placed about 1.5 million mines in Sri Lanka.
Ten countries in Asia and Africa were affected
The earthquake on Sunday was 9 on the Richter scale - the strongest in 40 years. Nine countries in Asia were affected by the noise and the floods: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bangladesh and the Maldives. Somalia in Africa was also hit.
Seven Israeli travelers were rescued today (Wednesday) by a military helicopter of the Sri Lankan army from the disaster zone in the south of the country. One of the travelers received medical treatment by helicopter after being slightly injured by the huge waves that hit the area. A rescue unit of the "Phoenix" insurance company located the seven and rescued them from the area by helicopter, because the movement on the ground in the area is extremely difficult. The Israelis were transferred to Colombo, the capital, and will leave tomorrow on an El Al flight to Israel.
A delegation from the Israel Police will leave for Bangkok tonight. The delegation is headed by the head of the body identification section at the forensics laboratory, Deputy Superintendent Yitzhak Kornin. The delegation includes two identification technicians, two investigative officers who will gather information about the missing, a dentist and a doctor from the Pathology Institute in Abu Kabir.
Thailand: Two Israelis were killed
This morning Thailand published a list of 473 foreign citizens who were killed there, including two Israelis. The news has no confirmation from an Israeli source. Israel's consul in Thailand, Yaakov Dvir, said in "Voice of Israel" that he received another report, according to which the number of Israelis whose bodies were identified reached five, but this is not official data. In total, contact has not yet been made with 34 Israelis who were in the disaster areas. 24 are missing in Thailand, five in Sri Lanka and six in India. All the missing persons in the Andaman Islands have made contact. 33 Israelis were injured in the disaster at various sites, four of them seriously.
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