Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka struggle as death toll from floods passes 900
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New Delhi: Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand are still reeling from the impact of devastating floods and landslides that left more than 900 dead across the south of Asia.
In the aftermath of cyclones, authorities in these countries are working hard to clear debris alongside finding hundreds of missing people, according The Guardian.
The climate crisis points to extreme weather pattern that has overwhelmed parts of south-east Asia over the last several hours causing huge crisis as people remain stranded without shelter and lack of essential supplies.
It is reported citing authorities in Sri Lanka that death toll from Cyclone Ditwah rose on Sunday to 334 with many more sill remain missing.
Alongside, many low-lying areas in the Island nation’s capital Colombo, were still under water, according to the report, citing authorities.
The island faced the worst natural disaster since 2004 tsunami that had killed about 31,000 people alongside leaving more than a million homeless.
Pointing to serious situation in Indonesia, the report said that more than 442 people died and 402 remain missing.
Thousands of people remain stranded in the country’s worst-hit Sumatra island with authorities attempting to reach there.
Reuters quoted Afrianti, 41 in West Sumatra’s capital as saying ‘The water just rose up into the house and we were afraid, so we fled. Then we came back on Friday, and the house was gone, destroyed’.
She added that ‘My home and business are gone, the shop is gone. Nothing remains. I can only live near this one remaining wall’.
It is reported authorities as saying that at least two areas of the Sumatra island remained unreachable on Sunday.
The situation in Thailand is no different with at least 162 people dying in one of the worst floods that the country saw in a decade.
Authorities are working to reach out to the victims with aide alongside clearing debris, also rolling out relief measures.
The government is however facing growing criticism over its ‘flood response’; following which, two local officials have been suspended over their failures.