Overview
- Indonesia’s disaster agency reports 961 deaths, 293 missing and more than one million displaced across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, with over 156,000 homes damaged and roughly 5,000 people injured.
- Sri Lanka confirms 635 deaths with 192 unaccounted, expands its deployment to 38,500 security personnel and issues fresh landslide warnings as more than two million people remain affected.
- Jakarta pegs reconstruction needs on Sumatra at 51.82 trillion rupiah (about $3.1bn), with officials preparing temporary housing and early rebuilding in areas where conditions have stabilized.
- Health systems are strained in Indonesia, with 31 hospitals and 156 clinics impacted, medicine shortages reported in Aceh Tamiang, rising cases of diarrhoea and fever, and long queues for clean water and fuel.
- Indonesia’s environment ministry has suspended company operations in the Batang Toru watershed and launched reviews that could lead to legal action over forestry, hydropower and mining practices linked to worsened flooding.