Ninety French nationals were declared missing, 20 others were killed and 189 injured in the tsunamis sweeping across the coastal countries of the Indian Oceanrim on Sunday, the French Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday evening.

According to this latest announcement, 20 French people were killed in the stricken Asian countries, 19 in Thailand and one in Sri Lanka.

"Ninety (French) people were declared missing in Thailand and 189 others injured," said the same source.

The ministry added that verification is being continued in the areas, especially in Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Thailand, with the help from the concerned authorities.

When the catastrophe happened which killed over 80,000 people in Southeast Asia, some 5,000 French tourists were on vacation there.