Overview
- Indonesia’s disaster agency reports at least about 950 deaths on Sumatra, more than 5,000 injured and over 200 people still missing across the worst-hit northern provinces.
- Aceh faces acute shortages of food, medicine, shelters and medical staff, with soaring prices in Banda Aceh and long lines for drinking water and fuel.
- Damage spans 52 districts in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, including more than 156,000 houses; destroyed bridges have cut off communities and power outages persist.
- Forecasters expect further heavy rain in the coming days, raising concerns over waterborne disease as authorities start planning reconstruction estimated at up to 51.82 trillion rupiah.
- Across the region, Sri Lanka reports 627 deaths; the army mobilized 38,500 additional soldiers, says more than 31,100 people have been rescued, and the government announced grants of 10 million rupees per affected household.