Indonesian Earthquake Update

Reports indicate that tsunamis from the earthquake has caused the deaths of about 23,000 people thus far. Thousands more have been injured and more than one million people have lost their homes. Current death estimates are: 5,000 in Indonesia; 11,000 in Sri Lanka; 7,000 in Southern India; and 1,000 in Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and the Maldives. Also, an unconfirmed number of casualties in Eastern Africa have been reported.

[Update 0825 EST] The Jakarta Post reports that more than 5,700 people have been killed in Indonesia, primarily in the far western Aceh province of the island of Sumatra.