At least 23,700 people have now been killed by Sunday's giant tsunami in southern Asia, according to the International Red Cross, amid signs the final toll could top 50,000.

The tsunami, triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was the biggest in 40 years registering 9.0 on the Richter scale.
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Quake: Strength of a million A-bombs
The reaction that sent waves, equal in power to a million atomic bombs, crashing into Indian Ocean coasts on Sunday started more than 10km beneath the sea floor close to Sumatra, Indonesia.
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