Tag: Toll
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Indonesia Faces Starvation Threat as Flood Death Toll Exceeds 900
Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, the country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the Sumatran…
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Catastrophic Floods in Asia: Death Toll Surpasses 1,750 Amid Ongoing Heavy Rains
Rescue teams and volunteers have been struggling to assist millions of people affected by floods and landslides in parts of Asia, as the official death toll from the ongoing climate-fuelled disaster has climbed to more than 1,750 people in the worst-affected countries of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. In Indonesia, at least 908 people were…