Overview
- Indonesia’s disaster agency (BNPB) reports 502 dead and 508 missing, with the worst devastation in Sumatra and hundreds of thousands displaced.
- Sri Lanka remains under a national emergency with at least 334 confirmed dead and hundreds missing, and authorities appealing for international assistance.
- Thailand updates its toll to 176 deaths concentrated in southern provinces such as Songkhla, where services and infrastructure suffered extensive damage.
- Military helicopters, naval vessels, airdrops and satellite internet are being used to bypass cutoff roads and restore communications to stranded communities.
- Officials caution that totals are provisional as search-and-rescue operations expand and previously inaccessible districts are reached, lifting regional fatalities above 1,000.