Overview
- Authorities now report 846 dead in Indonesia, 486 in Sri Lanka and 276 in Thailand, with hundreds still missing across the three countries.
- More than 1.1 million people are displaced and losses exceed $12 billion, with the UN citing 367 missing in Thailand and officials reporting 547 in Indonesia and 341 in Sri Lanka.
- Rescue and relief continue as washed-out roads, collapsed bridges and lingering floods in southern Thailand slow deliveries, and new rain forecasts threaten operations.
- Environmental groups say decades of deforestation worsened the disaster, and Indonesia’s environment minister is investigating eight companies as the president pledges tighter forest protections and permit reviews.
- Officials and agencies link the severity to a rare concurrence of three late-November cyclones, and health authorities warn of heightened risks of dengue, diarrheal disease and leptospirosis in contaminated areas.