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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| 14 Americans dead in tsunami |
| 2004-12-30 |
| Fourteen Americans have been confirmed dead in the Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a press briefing there were seven dead in Thailand and seven in Sri Lanka but that several thousand Americans were still unaccounted for. The spokesman said the dead were a mixture of residents and tourists in the two countries but gave no details. US consular teams "are trying to get to hospitals, hotels and morgues" in the worst hit countries for signs of US nationals, he said. About 600 names have been taken off the missing list in recent days but others have been added at the same time, Mr Boucher told reporters. US officials have emphasised that they do not yet fear that the missing in the stricken countries are dead just that they cannot be contacted. The death toll from Sunday's earthquake and ensuing waves which rocked several Asian nations is now nearly 120,000. |
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