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Disease Threatens Tsunami Survivors

By Jason Beaubien, Steve Inskeep

Published December 29, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

In the southern Sri Lankan city of Galle, the number of those killed by Sunday's tsunami reaches 23,000. Across much of southern Asia, contaminated drinking water and the lack of sanitary facilities threaten the lives of survivors. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Jason Beaubien.

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Jason Beaubien

Jason Beaubien is a Peabody award-winning journalist. He's filed stories from more than 60 countries around the world. His reporting tends to focus on issues in lower-income countries. Often his reports highlight inequities, injustices and abuses of power. He also regularly writes about natural disasters, wars and human conflict. Over the last two decades he's covered hurricanes in the Caribbean, typhoons in the Philippines, multiple earthquakes in Haiti, the Arab Spring, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the drug war in Mexico.

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Disease Threatens Tsunami Survivors

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