Michael Elmquist, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of

Michael Elmquist, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Indonesia, estimated that the death toll might reach between 50,000 and 80,000.

"I would say we are probably talking about somewhere in the order of 80,000 people, 50 to 80,000 people, that would be my educated guess," Elmquist was quoted by Reuters as saying.