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"The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in south-east Asia
reportedly climbed past 460 on Saturday as clean-up and search-and-rescue
operations got under way in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed swathes of the three countries this week,
killing hundreds and leaving thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting
rescue.
Rescuers in Indonesia were struggling to reach the worst-affected areas of
Sumatra island, where at least 303 people have died and 279 are still missing.
Rescuers in North Sumatra recovered another 31 bodies on Saturday, a
spokesperson for the provincial police said.
In West Sumatra 61 fatalities had been recorded, and 90 people were missing, a
spokesperson for the region’s disaster mitigation agency said late on Friday.
In Aceh province the death toll was at least 35 people, according to figures
released by the agency.
More than 3,500 police were deployed to search for people still missing and
help distribute aid to more than 28,400 who fled to temporary government
shelters across the province.
About 80,000 people have been evacuated and hundreds are still stranded in
three provinces across Sumatra island, Indonesia’s western-most area, the
national disaster agency’s head, Suharyanto, told a news conference, adding
that a cloud-seeding operation would begin in West Sumatra to reduce the
rainfall, most of which had already subsided by Saturday.
In Thailand, more than 1.4 million households – 3.8 million people – have been
affected by the floods, the department of disaster prevention and mitigation
said on Saturday.
In southern Thailand, water levels reached 3 metres in Songkhla province and
killed at least 145 people in one of the worst floods in a decade.
The country’s death toll across eight provinces has risen to 162, the
government said on Saturday."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
