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The latest update: 23000 people are dead.
The tsunami had reached East Africa and Oman/Yemen.
2 people in Kenya, 9 people in Seychelles and 16 people in Somalia are dead. Fortunately East African governments had issued warnings.
If there were no warning in Africa, the number of casualties may reach 40 thousand / more.
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East African Standard:
Two people were reportedly killed and a third seriously injured in Watamu late yesterday as the Kenyan coastal beaches were hurriedly evacuated to avert a disaster linked to a tidal wave occasioned by a strong earthquake which devastated southern Asia claiming more than 7,000 people. Property of unknown value including boats was destroyed near Watamu location where the effects of the tidal wave was severe. The dead were identified by the local community.
They were swimming at the time and were swept by the raging waves.
The Government immediately issued an alert urging for great care for those inhabiting the more than 1,000 kilometre Kenyan coastline.
Environment Minister Kalonzo Musyoka said people living on the path of the phenomenon should take precautions against and avoid venturing into the beaches until further notice.
Kalonzo told The Standard, he had been in touch with his counterpart in the Indian Ocean island of Sychelles where the biggest impact of tsunami on the east African coast had been felt earlier in the day.
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Independent Online (South Africa):
In the Seychelles, nine people were reported missing and a key bridge linking the country's main airport and the capital, Victoria, was destroyed. In Somalia, at least 16 people were feared dead.
Nine people were reported missing in the north-eastern Kabaal region, and seven in the port of Elmaan, 35km north of Mogadishu.
