Tsunami news for Jaffna, Sri Lanka

EARTHQUAKE: December 31st declared as National Day of Mourning 29 December 2004
...the Air Force to rpvide air transport to all City Coroners to the affected areas such as Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Jaffna to make ... noticias.info (press release),

ACT members in south and south east Asia mobilize massive relief ... 29 December 2004
...disease could double the ... toll after Sunday's earthquake. NCCSL, in an update to the ACT Coordinating Office in Geneva, says that news from Jaffna in the ... Reuters AlertNet,

Historian missing in Sri Lanka 29 December 2004
A wide stretch of Sri Lanka's eastern coastline - from Jaffna in the north to the ... appeal is being extended to collect money for the victims of the earthquake. ... BBC News,

Horrors emerge across globe as rescue teams comb towns and ... 29 December 2004
Nearest the epicentre of the earthquake, which measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, it ... The largely Tamil region around Jaffna in the north suffered 2,076 ... ... Guardian,

Murali's 20-minute escape from Tsunami 29 December 2004
Triggered by the fifth-largest earthquake in 100 years, tidal waves tore across the Bay of Bengal and slammed into Sri ... "Galle is under water and so is Jaffna. ... Netindia123.com,

He clung to a body for survival Dec 28, 2004
...the beach when the earthquake that caused the tsunami hit. Premakumaran is still waiting to hear from hundreds of relatives living on the Jaffna peninsula in ... Edmonton Sun,

Earthquake, Tidal Waves Kill More Than 4,000 in Asia (Update11) 26 December 2004
...``The entire coastal area of northern Jaffna to Colombo ... The earthquake, which struck at 7 am local time, was centered offshore about 1,605 kilometers northwest ... Bloomberg

Tourists caught in waves of devastation 27 December 2004
...of floods swamped much of Asia following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's ... A wide stretch of the eastern coastline - from Jaffna in the north to the ... Leeds Today,

Indonesia 8.9-Magnitude Quake Unleashes Tidal Waves (Update7) 26 December 2004
...``The entire coastal area of northern Jaffna to Colombo has ... The Indonesia earthquake, which struck about 7 am local time, was centered offshore about 1,605 ... Bloomberg

Indonesia 8.9-Magnitude Quake Unleashes Killer Waves (Update8) 26 December 2004
...to 8.9 from 8.5 by the US Geological Survey on its Web site, making it the strongest earthquake in 40 ... ``The entire coastal area of northern Jaffna to Colombo ... Bloomberg

Working the phones, and waiting for word Dec 28, 2004
...away, with his family in the coastal town on the northern Jaffna peninsula. ... his group's extensive work after the the January 2001 Gujarat earthquake, which was ... NorthJersey.com,

Sri Lanka Seeks Help After Tsunami; Toll Put at 2,134 (Update4) 26 December 2004
...of disaster after its eastern coast was struck by tsunami waves triggered by an earthquake off the ... ``As the entire coastal area of northern Jaffna to Colombo ... Bloomberg

THOUSANDS DIE IN QUAKE, TSUNAMI 26 December 2004
The fifth strongest earthquake in a century, 8.9 on the Richter scale and originating off the coast of ... "The entire coastal area of northern Jaffna to Colombo ... Special Broadcasting Service,

After tsunami, relief begins 27 December 2004
..."We have heard that about 2,000 people in one Jaffna village have ... the aid agencies accepting contributions for those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in ... Christian Science Monitor

Sri Lankans search for relatives 27 December 2004
...crashed into the island on Sunday morning after a powerful earthquake off distant ... In the Jaffna peninsula in Sri Lanka's north, residents used broken doors as ... Reuters,

Heartbreak as a generation is swept away Dec 28, 2004
...third, and perhaps half, of those who died in Sunday's earthquake and tsunami ... In one building in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula, ... babies and children were ... Sydney Morning Herald (subscription),

Reporters' log: Asian quake disaster 26 December 2004
...says damage from the tsunami wave stretches all the way from Jaffna in the ... of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, was closest to the epicentre of the earthquake where a ... BBC News,

Over four-thousand perish in tsunamis in south & southeast asia 26 December 2004
...we begin this bulletin with the devastating after effects of an earthquake in Indonesia ... damage from the tsunami wave stretches all the way from Jaffna in the ... ABC Asia Pacific,