Death toll passes 80,000
The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 80,000 today, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
The Red Cross said the death toll could top 100,000, as more bodies are found from India to Indonesia. There are also fears of outbreaks of disease.
In Indonesia a health ministry spokesman said the country's toll was more than 45,000 after it took the full force of Sunday's huge earthquake and tidal waves that swallowed entire coastal villages.
In Sri Lanka at least 22,493, including at least 100 foreigners, were killed by the tidal waves, the president's office said.
The death toll in India hit 10,850 with many thousands still missing, officials said.
More than 1,800 people, among them more than 700 foreign tourists, were killed in southern Thailand, officials said. They feared that many of around 5,000 people still missing were foreign tourists.
In Burma at least 90 people were killed, according to the UN, while 65 people were dead in Malaysia, officials said.
At least 55 people including two British holiday-makers were killed in the tourist paradise of the Maldives while another 69 were missing, officials said.
In Bangladesh a father and child were killed after a tourist boat capsized in large waves, officials said.
Fatalities also occurred on the east coast of Africa where 100 fishermen were declared dead in Somalia, 10 in Tanzania and one in Kenya.
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra measured 9.0 on the Richter scale - making it the largest quake worldwide in four decades.
Sri Lanka: 22,493
The number of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunamis throughout southern Asia, is climbing steadily according to their countries' foreign ministries.
Authorities said many more are missing and feared dead.
Thai authorities said 473 foreigners from 36 nations were confirmed dead from Thailand's southern resorts alone.
Foreigners confirmed killed
United States: 12
South Korea: 4
South Africa: 4
New Zealand: 1