"An aerial view shows members of Indonesia's Mobile Brigade Corps deploying Sumatran elephants to help clear tree debris following flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district, Aceh province on December 8, 2025. Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 on December 8 following weeks of heavy rain [Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP]"
"In Indonesia, at least 961 people have been killed in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra while 293 are still missing, Indonesia's National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported late on Sunday. Some 5,000 people have been injured across the three provinces, and more than one million people have been displaced. More than 156,000 homes have been damaged and 975,075 people are in temporary shelters."
"The downpours, which began late last month, have ravaged Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. As climate change exacerbates natural disasters across Asia, more than 1,800 people have been killed by flooding and landslides in affected countries. The rains have also caused extensive damage, destroying homes, flooding streets and wrecking forested areas. The Asian Water Development Outlook 2025, released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday, cautioned that the effects of climate change on Asia's water systems threaten billions of people."
Heavy tropical storms and sustained monsoon downpours have produced catastrophic flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. More than 1,800 people have been killed across affected countries, with Indonesia reporting at least 961 dead, 293 missing, about 5,000 injured and over one million displaced. Floodwaters and landslides have damaged more than 156,000 homes and left nearly one million people in temporary shelters, while forests and infrastructure have been wrecked. Relief operations face shortages of food, shelter, medicine and medical personnel. The Asian Water Development Outlook 2025 warns that climate change is worsening water-system risks and threatens billions of people across Asia.
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