Heavy rainfall unleashes landslides and flooding in Asia
Heavy rainfall unleashes landslides and flooding in Asia
Separate weather systems brought torrential rainfall to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia last week.
The death toll from flooding in Thailand has gone beyond 170.
Hat Yai saw 335mm of rain in a single day – the highest in 300 years.
In Indonesia, floods and landslides in Sumatra have killed at least 502 people and displaced tens of thousands.
Authorities have conducted a weather modification operation to divert the rain.
Many roads have been buried by landslides, preventing disaster relief from reaching the location.
A state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka, where Cyclone Ditwah unleashed record rainfall, triggering deadly floods and landslides.
This is the country’s deadliest disaster in decades, which has killed at least 340, with many more missing. More than 1.3 million people across the island are affected by the record rains.
