Tens of thousands of children are out of school in Indonesia and Thailand due to the floods and landslides, Save the Children has said. According to an assessment carried out by the organisation, about 76,000 children are out of school in southern Thailand. In Indonesia, at least 1,000 schools have been damaged and closed in Aceh and Sumatra, with others being used as emergency shelters.

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