A local resident walks next to a damaged house in downtown Galle, southern Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Villagers checking out victim's bodies at the Galle Hospital, in Galle, 117 kilometers (70 miles) south of Colombo Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
An aerial view of the Port Blair city and the broken jetty and boats due to tidal waves, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Thousands of people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africas eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashes coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday, followed by aftershocks in the region. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Villagers look at houses destroyed by tidal waves at Velankanni near Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Nearly 3,000 people have died in India in the tidal wave disaster, with Tamil Nadu state accounting for most of the deaths, the government announced Monday. (AP Photo/Str)
Three Thais look at a hospital intake list of survivors, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, in Phuket, Thailand. Rescue teams converged on beaches and remote islands in search of the missing Monday as authorities reported more than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, killed and 4,100 injured when earthquake-spawned tidal waves devastated idyllic resort areas of southern Thailand. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
Sri Lanka Air Force personnel load food supplies for tidal wave victims at a military airport in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 11,500 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families searched for bodies a day after the disaster. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Doctors tend to Tim Massey, of San Francisco, Calif., who was caught in the tsunami and is still looking for his wife, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, in Phuket, Thailand. Rescuers converged on beaches and islands Monday to search for survivors of earthquake-spawned tidal waves that devastated idyllic resorts of southern Thailand, killing more than 830 people. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
Western tourists gather while waiting for buses to take them to Bangkok at immigration office in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers converged on beaches and islands Monday to search for survivors of earthquake-spawned tidal waves that devastated idyllic resorts of southern Thailand, killing more than 830 people. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Villagers looks at the dead fish lying on a shore after tidal waves hit Penang Island, northwestern Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers scoured Malaysian beach resorts and towns Monday for about 100 vacationers, fishermen and villagers missing after tidal waves killed at least 52 people and injured more than 220 others. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Police and volunteers conduct rescue work among houses and vehicles destroyed by tidal waves at Velankanni near Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Nearly 3,000 people have died in India in the tidal wave disaster, with Tamil Nadu state accounting for most of the deaths, the government announced Monday. (AP Photo/Str)