] The World Health Organization in Geneva warned on Tuesday
] that tens of thousands of people could face death from
] cholera, typhoid and other diseases.

] "The initial terror associated with the tsunamis and the
] earthquake itself may be dwarfed by the longer term
] suffering of the affected communities," said David
] Nabarro, a physician in charge of crisis operations for
] WHO. "There is certainly a chance that we could have as
] many dying from communicable diseases as from the
] tsunami."