Overview
- Indonesia’s disaster agency put initial reconstruction needs at 51.82 trillion rupiah, with Aceh requiring the largest share ahead of North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
- The confirmed death toll in Sumatra reached 950 with 274 missing, while damaged bridges and 31 hospitals plus 156 clinics have strained care and access.
- Authorities in Indonesia plan to move evacuees into 40-square-metre temporary houses before building permanent homes as conditions stabilize in some areas.
- Sri Lanka reported 627 deaths and more than two million people affected, issued fresh landslide warnings, and forecast further heavy rain in the central highlands.
- Sri Lanka deployed about 38,500 security personnel, reported over 31,000 rescues, announced 10 million rupees per household for relocation and rebuilding, and sought additional IMF support as regional storm deaths topped 1,800 including about 200 in Thailand and Malaysia.