Extreme weekend weather across Asia has killed more than 900 people and displaced millions, with Sri Lanka and parts of Southeast Asia facing some of their worst flooding in years, according to officials.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk announced that Starlink would be available in affected regions of Sumatra, Indonesia – where flooding has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes – until the end of December.

Why It Matters

The combined toll from Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka and a rare tropical storm system over the Malacca Strait has passed 800 deaths, with many more people still missing.

Nearly one million people in Sri Lanka and more than four million across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia have been affected, overwhelming rescue services and testing disaster-preparedness in

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