When the rain doesn’t stop: Asia’s deadliest season

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Fresh rain threatens to worsen devastation in Indonesia and Sri Lanka after catastrophic floods and landslides killed more than 1,500 across Asia.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/282vk2y5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Forecasts of renewed rainfall have sparked fears of further destruction in flood-hit Indonesia and Sri Lanka,

00:07where earlier deluges across four Asian countries have already claimed more than 1,500 lives.

00:14Indonesia's death toll on Thursday stood at 776, slightly revised as updates trickle in from remote, cut-off communities.

00:23More than 560 people remain missing, with damaged power lines and patchy telecommunications hampering efforts to trace survivors.

00:32Across Asia, seasonal monsoons remain vital for agriculture, but climate change is driving increasingly erratic and deadly weather patterns.

00:42Two separate systems unleashed torrential rainfall last week on Sri Lanka, Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.

00:50The scale of the catastrophe continues to complicate relief operations.

00:54The Colombo-Candy Highway has reopened for limited hours as crews work to remove thick mud and boulders blocking the route.

01:02At least 479 people have been confirmed dead in Sri Lanka, with hundreds still unaccounted for.

01:09The government has appealed for international aid, estimating reconstruction, from homes and factories to major road networks,

01:17could cost as much as 7 billion U.S. dollars or approximately 28.8 billion ringgit.

01:23A daunting challenge for a nation still recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades.

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