More Than 1,300 Dead Due To Floods In Indonesia, Sri Lanka And Thailand

Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,300 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with nearly 1,000 people missing.

 Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many clinging to rooftops and trees waiting for help. The flooding and landslides killed at least 1,347 people: 753 in Indonesia, 410 in Sri Lanka,



181 in Thailand and three in Malaysia, authorities said Tuesday. 

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said it’s too early to determine the exact number of dead in his country.

In Indonesia, the hardest-hit nation, rescuers struggled to access villages on Sumatra island, where roads have been washed out and bridges collapsed. At least 650 people remain missing, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Agency.