The death toll from yesterday’s massive earthquake in South Asia is reaching mind-numbing levels–30,000 and rising.

How to help?

Here’s a list of charities.

These overseas banks are accepting donations.

The Star newspaper in Malaysia has started a fund.

World Vision is lending a hand.

A summary of UNICEF’s efforts here. Donate here.

ReliefWeb’s South Asian earthquake page is here.

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The world is pitching in.

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Joe Gandelman has a comprehensive round-up of news reports and local blogger accounts in South Asia.

Jim Hoft adds perspective and also links to the Salvation Army’s South Asia relief page.

Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee has more local quake bloggers.