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Tsunami Toll Tops 80K

Thursday December 30, 2004
The latest estimate on the Boxing Day Tsunami exceeds 80,000. One relief official projects more than 100,000 -- and that's before post-disaster deaths from illness. Although unlikely to top the 1976 Chinese earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, it is the worst tsunami in more than a century. Evolving guide to news, blogs and resources; an Amazon donation to the Red Cross has raised almost $4 million.

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