Jakarta: Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) spokesperson Clare Nullis told reporters in Geneva that Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and

Teluk dalam: An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.1, jolted 103 km ESE of Teluk Dalam, Indonesia, at 1316 GMT yesterday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. According to Nam News Network, the epicentre, with a depth of 50.9 km, was initially determined to be at 0.38 degrees north latitude, and

Jakarta: The death toll from recent floods and landslides across three provinces on Sumatra Island has risen to 712, with 507 people still missing, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said last night. According to Nam News Network, the disasters have displaced about 1.1 million people in North Sumatra, West

Colombo: Hundreds of thousands of people stranded by the violent floods that have swept through Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia were on Tuesday facing increasingly alarming shortages of food and fuel. More than 1,300 have been killed in the torrents triggered by monsoon rains and cyclones. Antonia Kerrigan reports.

Colombo: Hundreds of thousands of people stranded by the violent floods that have swept through Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia were on Tuesday facing increasingly alarming shortages of food and fuel. Nearly 1,200 have been killed in the torrents triggered by monsoon rains and cyclones. According to France24.com, the