Rescue Efforts Ongoing as Floods Batter Five Asian Nations
A lethal combination of floods, landslides, severe storms, and cyclones has decimated communities throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand, leaving authorities scrambling to access remote populations isolated by waters that obliterated vital roads and critical infrastructure.
Helicopters are airlifting emergency supplies to stranded communities in Indonesia, while international aid continues pouring into Sri Lanka to bolster relief operations, as emergency crews maintain 24-hour operations distributing food, medical provisions, and temporary housing to survivors.
Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency confirmed that Sumatra's floods and landslides alone have killed 776 individuals, leaving 564 unaccounted for and approximately 2,600 wounded.
The catastrophic disaster has impacted over 3.2 million residents, forcing more than 1 million evacuees from their homes across the devastated provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh into emergency shelters.
Heavy machinery has been mobilized across disaster zones to remove debris from roadways, enabling emergency personnel to penetrate cut-off areas with critical humanitarian supplies, the agency reported.
Sri Lanka's government greenlit Rs 50 billion ($135 million) in emergency funding to combat the national emergency sparked by Cyclone Ditwah's destructive path on Nov. 17, as fatalities reached 479 and 350 individuals remain missing.
The emergency allocation divides Rs 20 billion ($54 million) toward immediate relief operations and Rs 30 billion ($81 million) for reconstruction efforts, media reported.
Multiple nations and international bodies—including the US, Japan, UAE, Pakistan, India, and UN agencies—have mobilized humanitarian assistance.
Southern Thailand has recorded 176 fatalities, while India reported four deaths and Malaysia confirmed three casualties.
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