Tsunami death toll passes the 400-mark

Dozens of injured survivors of a tsunami off western Indonesia languished yesterday at a sorely strapped hospital alongside a newly orphaned two-month-old baby found in a storm drain, as the death toll from the disaster rose above 400.

The injured lay on mats or the bare floor as rainwater dripped onto them from holes in the ceiling and intravenous cords hung from plastic ropes strung from the rafters.

The baby, its lungs filled with fluid and with cuts on its face, blinked sleepily in a humidified crib.