Overview
- Indonesia has the highest toll with 631 deaths on Sumatra, hundreds still missing and roughly one million people displaced, according to the national disaster agency.
- Sri Lanka reports about 390 fatalities linked to Cyclone Ditwah, with a state of emergency in place and an international appeal for assistance underway.
- Thailand counts 181 deaths, with cleanup and infrastructure repairs progressing after floods affected millions of residents in the south.
- The World Health Organization is deploying rapid-response teams and supplies, as its director-general warns that a warming climate is driving more frequent and extreme weather.
- Authorities and environmental groups in Indonesia are examining whether illegal logging and land-use changes, particularly around Batang Toru, intensified the floods and landslides.