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Pope Appeals for Victims of Devastating Storms in Southeast Asia

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Pope Leo XIV appealed on Sunday for victims of natural disasters in southeast Asia, where overlapping tropical storms and monsoon systems have wreaked havoc across the region, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Catastrophic flooding and landslides have killed as many as 1600 people since mid-November, while UN estimates say the severe weather has forced some 1.2 million people from their homes and otherwise affe…

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Prevost has remembered the peoples of the South and South-East asatic hit by the cyclone Ditwah: the invitation to support them "with gestures of solidarity." Among the faithful the sign "Sri Lanka sinks. Don't leave us alone." On the trip to Turkey and Lebanon just concluded: "Teach that peace is possible, and Christians can help build it."

From Sumatra to Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the Philippines – How a combination of rare tropical storms and climate crisis “suffocated” South and Southeast Asia, bringing devastation

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The two tropical cyclones and the monsoon season leave at least 1,790 dead in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

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El Tiempo broke the news in on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
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