Asian death toll reaches 44,000

[Su-Yin]

current toll: 60000... sri lanka and southern india is in shambles...including all the tourist destinations....phuket...bali...smaller islands got completely washed away. i had relatives living in areas which got hit, but im glad theyre all alright. bodies are still floating up, bloated and in pieces. its really sad. Malaysia can finance its own medical help and rebuilding of the coastal area ...we have more than enough medical personel from around the country....but i feel the poorer countries which got hit really need our help. There are still after shocks every now and then. Its scary that things like that happen because ever since i was a child, i was taught in geography that malaysia is one of the very few countries which was free from natural disasters other than thunder storms or floods(we dont hzave quakes/typhoons/volcanos/etc.). The earthquake was from a neighbouring country and the tidal wave caused so many deaths in our nothern islands. Its a real shock to many malaysians cause things like that have never in history happened. i really pity the islands which solely rely on tourism to survive, its going to be hard to pick up the pieces