Overview
- Indonesia reported 248 deaths and more than 500 injured in flood- and landslide-hit Sumatra, with isolated districts lacking heavy machinery and air access constrained by weather and damaged bridges.
- Southern Thailand’s death toll reached at least 145, with 1.2 million households — about 3.6 million people — affected as receding waters reveal extensive destruction and allow teams to recover more bodies in Hat Yai and Songkhla.
- Thai authorities mobilized major assets, sending the Chakri Naruebet aircraft carrier and helicopters for supply drops and evacuations, while hospital morgue capacity in Songkhla was expanded using refrigerated trucks.
- Sri Lanka raised its toll to 132 dead and 176 missing, with about 78,000 people in shelters as schools and government offices were closed, trains halted and India dispatched search-and-rescue teams.
- Officials and experts cite unusually intense monsoon rains linked to tropical cyclone activity, with climate change and deforestation reducing natural water regulation and amplifying the risks of flash floods and landslides.