Nature....the real super power

Overwhelming....

JAKARTA, (AFP) - The death toll from an earthquake off Indonesia and tidal waves that it unleashed reached 14,053 as officials reported deaths in seven countries in southern and southeastern Asia.

Sri Lanka was hard hit with 4,859 people confirmed dead, and 1,538 others reported missing, said relief officials and Tamil Tiger rebels who control parts of the north of the island.

In Indonesia, at least 4,448 people were killed as the country took the full force of the huge earthquake and tidal waves that swallowed entire coastal villages.

At least 4,278 people were killed in southern India, the Press Trust of India reported.