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Namibia: Flooding in southern Asia leaves 600 dead – News

Namibia: Flooding in southern Asia leaves 600 dead – News

Africa Links 24 with Jessica Rawnsley
Published on 2025-11-29 18:31:01

Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing about 600 people.

Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the region’s worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.

Intense rainfall began on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday.

“During the flood, everything was gone,” a resident of Bireuen in Sumatra’s Aceh province tells Reuters news agency.

“I…

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