Tsunami death toll likely to exceed 100,000

Aid workers in one of history’s largest relief efforts today struggled to get food, water and medicine to survivors of the massive quake and tsunamis that the Red Cross says likely killed more than 100,000 people across Asia and Africa.

The official toll stood at about 77,000. But with tens of thousands still missing, that number was almost certain to be much higher. There were fears disease could bring a new wave of deaths.