Death Toll Mounts After Quake, Tsunamis
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By The Associated Press
Nearly 11,800 people were reported dead across eight countries in southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines Sunday morning.
A breakdown of the toll so far:
_ Indonesia: The health ministry reported 4,448 killed and hundreds more missing. Towns were leveled and bodies wedged in trees by walls of water. Aceh province on Sumatra island — torn by separatist violence for years — was near the Indonesian quake's epicenter and was the hardest-hit part of the vast archipelago.
_ Sri Lanka: More than 4,500 were reported killed — at least 3,000 in areas controlled by the government and about 1,500 in regions controlled by rebels, who listed the death toll on their Web site. Some 170 children were feared lost in an orphanage. More than a million people were displaced from wrecked villages.
_ India: Nearly 2,300 people died, officials said. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, with 1,705 deaths. Huge waves left southern beaches strewn with bodies and flipped-over fishing boats and cars.
_ Thailand: Officials said 430 people died, 4,100 were injured and thousands were missing, mostly in idyllic southern islands packed with holiday revelers from around the world at the height of the tourist season. Swimmers were battered on coral reefs and sunbathers were swept out to sea.
_ Malaysia: At least 48 people, including an unknown number of foreign tourists, were dead, according to official reports. Tens of thousands were temporarily evacuated from hotels and apartments after the Indonesian quake was felt throughout peninsular Malaysia. No major damage was reported.
_ Maldives: At least 32 people were confirmed dead and 51 reported missing in this popular tourist destination. A British tourist was reported to have died of a heart attack, apparently after seeing a massive wave coming toward the island.
_ Somalia: In this African country nearly 3,000 miles from the quake's epicenter, at least nine people were killed when a tidal wave destroyed homes, capsized boats and washed people out to sea, witnesses said.
_ Bangladesh: After the Indonesian quake, a magnitude 7.36 temblor struck the southern port city of Chittagong. Tidal surges killed at least two children as a boat with about 15 tourists capsized. Reports said the quake was felt in the central, southern and western parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka.
toll1 [tóul]
vt. 1 <만종조종 등을> 천천히 일정한 사이를 두고 치다; 울리다
2 a <종시계가> 치다, <시각을> 알리다
b <사람의 죽음 등을> 종을 울려 알리다
n. 종을 울림; (천천히 일정하게 울리는) 종소리
mount [máunt]
1 <산계단왕위 등에> 오르다
~ a hill 산에 오르다
2 앉히다; 높은 곳에 두다 ((on))
3 갖추다, 준비하다, 설치하다, <포를> 탑재하다 ((with))
vi.
1 a 오르다, 올라가다, 상승하다(ascend) ((to))
b <핏기가> 얼굴에 오르다, 얼굴이 달아오르다
2 <수량정도비용 등이> 오르다, 늘다, 붇다(rise) ((up))
n.
1 《구어》 말타기, 승마; 승용마, 탈 것 ((등))
2 오르기, 올리기
tsunami [tsunmi] n. 【항해】 해일
wedge [wéd] n.
1 쐐기
2 사이를 갈라놓는 것, 분열[분리]의 원인; (큰 일 등의) 발단, 실마리
vt.
1 쐐기를 박아 죄다, 쐐기로 움직이지 않게 하다, 쐐기로 고정하다, ···에 쐐기를 박다 ((in))
2 억지로 박아[밀어] 넣다; [~ oneself로] 억지로 밀고 들어가다 ((in, into, etc.))
3 <진흙을> 이겨서 굳히다
epicenter | tre [épsènt] n.
1 (지진의) 진원지(震源地), 진앙(震央)
2 《미》 중심점
3 (폭탄의) 낙하점
Temblor : 지진
capsize [kǽpsaiz, -|-] vt., vi. 뒤집다, 뒤집히다
n. 전복
Q1) Do you think that these situations represent termination of the world?
and did you watch the movie “THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW"
Is not it similar to this state? Could you tell us your emotion?
What are these disasters causes?
Q2) We have already destroyed most of the world even in the antarctic.
Do not we have the resolution to avoid these disasters?
How can we prevent our life from disaster of nature?
Q3) If you recognize that we have just a day to live.
What will you want to do? according to Spinoza, Could you plant an apple tree?