Just been reading about it, its awful, 20 ft Tidal waves wiped out islands, villages..
So far:
Sri Lanka: 3,538 dead
Indonesia: 4,185 dead
India: 2,000 dead
Thailand: 257 dead
Malaysia: 28 dead
Maldives: 10 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead
Credit: BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm