‘The existing might eliminate an elephant’: Asia flooding survivors explain running away with their lives

From Thailand to Indonesia, torrential flooding has lugged away individuals’s properties and homes, upending whole neighborhoods

Aminah Ali, 63, was at home in the Pidie Jaya area of Indonesia’s Aceh province when the rains started at twelve o’clock at night on Wednesday. The waters increased slowly. It seemed like the usual flooding that takes place during monsoon season, however then came a loud roar of water: her town was unexpectedly inundated.With help from her boy

, she managed to clamber on to her rooftop, where she awaited 24 hours. Flood waters, 3 metres high, stretched into the distance. “I saw numerous residences being swept away,” she said.

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Source: The Guardian

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