‘Second wave of death’ imminent from Asian tsunami disaster, WHO, Red Cross warn
By Sola Ogundipe
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Hunger, grief and the growing threat of disease, have remained the lot of survivors of the Asian tsunami disasters in which over 150,000 lives have been reportedly lost. Even as international aid continue to pour into Indonesia, Sri Lanka and 10 other distraught countries on the rim of the Indian Ocean with deliveries of food, water, medicine, clothing and other essentials, reports from the United Nations indicate that the death toll was expected to climb even higher.
The remote regions of Aceh province in Indonesia remained the focus of attempts to save survivors and prevent the possible spread of disease, aid workers said weekend in the aftermath of the December 26 disaster. The estimated death toll rose weekend to more than 140,000 people in the 11 Asian and African nations and aid workers are concerned primarily with providing clean water and proper sanitation.
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