Two Asian countries reeling from the horror of tens of thousands of people probably dead and hundreds of thousands more made destitute and homeless.

两个亚洲国家正经受一场可怕的灾难，成千的人们可能已经罹难，上万的人们已经变得一贫如洗，无家可归。

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Support is provided to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute until a decision on their application is made.

BBC: UK

Many villagers who had made a living tapping trees for their aromatic and flammable resins found themselves destitute.

ECONOMIST: Just chopping it down