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UPDATED: 09:02, December 30, 2004 |
| Sri Lanka begins self-rescue after disaster |
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A nurse gives medical treatment to an injured resident in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004. The death toll in Sri Lanka has risen to 21,715 Wednesday after a tsunami battered the island state on Sunday. While Sri Lanka has begun its self-rescue after the disaster, relief materials from other countries will arrive in the South Asian nation continually in the near future.
Two children show delight before receiving food and water in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004.
A woman dries in the sun clothes soaked by seawater in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004.
Homeless women and children are settled in a temporary refugee camp in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004.
Rescue workers distribute relief food in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004.
Rescue workers prepare to distribute relief food in tsunami-hit Trincomalee, a port town in northeast Sri Lanka, on Dec. 28, 2004.
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