Overview
- In Indonesia, official tallies report roughly 883–908 dead on Sumatra with 410–521 missing and more than 800,000 displaced in Aceh, as forecasts warn of very heavy rain and local leaders flag starvation risks in cut-off villages.
- Sri Lanka confirms 607–611 deaths with more than two million people affected, issues new landslide alerts, and counts roughly 71,000–75,000 damaged homes with about 5,000 destroyed.
- Colombo will pay up to 10 million rupees per family to relocate and rebuild and 1 million rupees per fatality or permanent disability, while the IMF considers an extra $200 million on top of a scheduled tranche.
- Indonesia moves against environmental abuses, revoking or suspending multiple firms’ permits and halting operations in upstream areas, with probes named for the Batang Toru hydropower project and the Martabe gold mine.
- Access constraints slow relief across Sumatra as helicopters deliver supplies to isolated areas, disease cases rise among survivors, and Jakarta has not declared a national emergency or opened broad foreign aid channels.