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Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500 as calls grow to fight deforestation
The Daily Guardian
|December 05, 2025
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region.
Crew unload relief goods from a national disaster mitigation agency's helicopter during an aerial aid distribution in a flood affected area in North Aceh, Indonesia.
The latest figure came as meteorologists warned of renewed rainfall across North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh in coming days, sparking fears of further devastation in areas already reeling from deadly floods.
This story is from the December 05, 2025 edition of The Daily Guardian.
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