Hundreds killed in floods across Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka
發佈日期: 2025-12-01 21:05
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Indonesia's president told survivors of last week's devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in several countries.
Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 170 in Thailand, and 334 in Sri Lanka.
Rescuers in a helicopter assess the flood damage over Solok in Indonesia's North Sumatra. Delivering aid. And ferrying the injured to hospitals.
In Sibolga, men perform the grim task of trying to loosen mud in the search for victims. The procedure freed several bodies.
Hundreds have died in floods across Indonesia's Sumatra and Aceh provinces, with hundreds more missing.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto visited Sumatra on Monday, pledging to rebuild infrastructure.
Some areas of Indonesia remained unreachable because of damaged roads and downed communication lines. Almost 300,000 people in affected areas are displaced.
Reports have emerged of people looting supplies in their desperation for relief.
At least 12 southern provinces in Thailand are also inundated. The commercial city of Hat Yai in Songkhla province is worst hit.
Homes have been gutted down to their bones, furniture overturned, beds soaked, shelves dripping with mud.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has outlined recovery and compensation plans for the southern part of the country, where more than 1.4 million households and 3.8 million people are affected.
Authorities in Sri Lanka say the death toll is likely to rise with the island nation hit by floods and mudslides across 25 districts.
Almost 150,000 people have been displaced and are now housed in temporary shelters.
Rescuers are still searching for close to 400 people who have been reported missing.
In the Philippines, demonstrators outraged by defective or non-existent flood control projects called for the prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal.
Protesters in Manila attacked a giant effigy of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr.
Marcos has been scrambling to quell public anger over the massive corruption blamed for substandard flood control projects across the country.
