Tsunami death toll at 262, 160 missing

Tearful parents searched today for missing children and soldiers dug through the debris of homes flattened by the second tsunami to hit Indonesia in as many years. At least 262 people were killed, officials said, with at least 160 others missing.

Bodies covered in white sheets piled up at makeshift morgues, with the corpse of at least one woman lying on a beach long popular with local and foreign tourists.