Tsunami Toll

CNN is reporting that over 21,000 people are dead in the aftermath of tidal waves triggered by a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean:

More than 10,000 people have been reported dead in Sri Lanka. Most of them, authorities said, were in the eastern district of Batticaloa. Thousands were missing, an estimated 1 million were displaced and an estimated 250,000 were homeless.

Whole story here.

Reuters points to warnings of epidemics due to waterborne disease in the aftermath of the devastation.