Eight Americans are confirmed dead and hundreds are not yet accounted for after a devastating tsunami that killed more than 22,700 people across Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday. "At the moment we know of eight Americans who have died, and there are several hundred who are not accounted for yet," Powell told a news conference. He said the "several hundred" figure referred to Americans whom authorities had not been able to contact yet, and did not imply they were casualties.
