Jamaica secures $6.7bn for hurricane recovery and reconstruction plan
Up to $3.6bn in government financing included, with major contributions from global financial institutions.
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Indonesia floods death toll rises to 442 as people hunt for food and water
At least two areas of the worst-affected Sumatra island still unreachable, as authorities struggle to deliver aid.
People wade through a flooded street, following Cyclone Ditwah in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka [Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters]
Women and children ride on a boat after being rescued from a flooded area, following Cyclone Ditwah in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. [Thilina Kaluthotage/Reuters]
A man with his belongings wades through floodwaters outside his house in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]
A tree is uprooted in front of a residential building partially damaged by heavy rains in Colombo. [Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo]
A man wades through a flooded road carrying a cat in Colombo. [Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo]
Volunteers help carry an old woman to a boat as they shift her to a safe place from a submerged neighborhood in Colombo. [Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo]
Sri Lankan authorities battled rising floodwaters in parts of the capital on November 30 after the powerful Cyclone Ditwah left a trail of destruction, killing at least 159 people across the country. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]
A man packs his belongings as he stands inside his house partially submerged in floodwaters after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo. [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]
A man walks on a flooded street as a woman stands at the entrance to her home in Colombo. [Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo]
Landslide survivors cross a section of a road that is blocked by debris in Hanguranketha, Sri Lanka. [Lakshmen Neelawathura/AP Photo]
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Sri Lanka seeks foreign help as Cyclone Ditwah death toll reaches 132
Some 44,000 people displaced by flooding across the country as relief operations intensify amid widespread destruction.
Indonesia death toll rises to 303 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people.
Flood deaths rise to 174 in Indonesia, surge across Southeast Asia
Authorities say 79 people remain missing and thousands of families have been displaced from their homes across Sumatra.
Death toll from flooding in southern Thailand reaches at least 145
Human toll rises as flooding leaves trail of damage and causes severe disruption, leaving thousands of people stranded.
More than 40 people killed as heavy rains trigger floods in Sri Lanka
Traffic and trains disrupted as Sri Lanka battles severe weather and rising floodwaters across multiple regions.
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Indonesia races to evacuate Sumatra residents as flood deaths soar to 34
Up to 8,000 people across North Sumatra have been evacuated and roads remain blocked by landslide debris.
