Rising Death Toll
The death toll continues to rise in this horrible disaster. The number is almost at 68,000 and is expected to continue to rise. Sri Lanka was destroyed with more than 23,000 people killed, and Indonesia lost more than 32,000.
Myanmar is still only reporting 90, though that could just be to hide the truth from the Burmese people. Maylasia only lost 60, but if you look at a map of the region, they seemed more protected than Burma. Waves do have strange interference patterns when passing by objects though, so they may have actually managed to escape with fewer dead.
This earthquake was so large that it moved the tectonic plates. They are thinking that the plates might have moved enough to actually block off the port of Banda Aceh in Sumatra. Hopefully that will not delay aid shipments.
Pray for them all.