Pope appeals for victims of devastating storms in southeast Asia

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 affected nearly 10 million others, with roads...