Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing about 600 people.
Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the region’s worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Intense rainfall began on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday. “During the flood, everything was gone,” a resident of Bireuen in Sumatra’s Aceh province told Reuters news agency. “I wanted to save my clothes, but my house came down.”
With hundreds still missing, the death toll is likely to rise. Thousands remain stranded, some awaiting rescue on rooftops.
As of Saturday, more than 300 people had died in Indonesia and 160 in Thailand. There were also several deaths reported in Malaysia.
In Sri Lanka, which has been battered by a cyclone, more than 130 people are dead, and some 170 are missing, officials said.
The exceptionally rare tropical cyclone, named Cyclone Senyar, caused catastrophic landslides and flooding in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, with homes swept away and thousands of buildings submerged.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
