Southeast Asia is facing one of the worst recent climate crises, where climate change and deforestation have turned rains and cyclones into regional disasters, with nearly 2,000 dead and millions affected. Our correspondent in China, Bruno Falci, has more on the situation. teleSUR
00:00And Southeast Asia is facing one of the worst recent climate crisis where climate change and deforestation have turned rains and cyclones into regional disasters with nearly 2,000 people dead and millions affected.
00:14Our correspondent in China, Bruno Falsi, has more information on the situation.
00:19Hello to the companions of Telesur and all the audience watching us in this transmission.
00:24I am in Beijing now, in the capital of China, this time to report about the escalating crisis in the Southeast Asia.
00:34Devastation and deforestation and climate change have turned the rains and cyclones into one of the worst recent climate disasters in the region.
00:46Both in terms of the scale and the loss of life and the impact on millions of people in the essential infrastructure.
00:57So far, more than 1,800 people have died and thousands remain missing under the mud.
01:06Millions have lost their homes, crops and basic service.
01:11In Sumatra, the island of Indonesia, almost 1,000 people are dead and near 300 are missing, while entire communities have been buried under the mud.
01:25In Sri Lanka, cyclone Ditwat left at least 600 dead and 2,000 missing.
01:33And shortage of food, medicine and shelter are worsening the situation.
01:38In Thailand, floods have caused at almost 300 deaths and 1,500 disappearance.
01:49The rains and storms continue in maintaining the risk of further landslide and floating.
01:56Swallowing rivers and flooded low-lying areas are complicating the delivery of aid
02:03and increasing the likelihood of further disaster in the coming days.
02:10The United Nations and affected governments have called for an urgent international response.
02:18In total, more than 6 million people have been displaced or directly affected in the three countries of the region.
02:28With this news, we return with you in the studios in La Habana, Cuba.
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