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Published online 29 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041229-3
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Asia grapples with tsunami aftermath
Disease threatens to claim many thousands of lives, aid agencies warn.
As communities across the Indian Ocean struggle to deal with the effects of last Sunday's tsunami, relief organizations are embarking on one of the biggest humanitarian efforts ever seen. The most immediate fear is that without a supply of clean drinking water, many thousands of those who survived the waves will die from illnesses such as cholera.
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