An injured girl is left distraught after the earthquake hit Padang. Photo: REUTERS/Muhammad Fitrah/Singgalang Newspaper. Courtesy www.alertnet.org
1 October 2009
Millions of people across South-East Asia are struggling to cope after a series of natural disasters struck the region.
The Indonesian island of Sumatra has been hit by a major earthquake killing at least 1,100 people.
The Philippines is reeling after a typhoon caused massive flooding that has made more than a million people homeless and claimed 300 lives.
Thousands too have been affected in Cambodia.
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