By AP December 1, 2025, 4:50:17 PM IST (Published)
Recovery and aid operations are underway across parts of Southeast and South Asia after heavy rains and flooding over the past week left a severe toll. Authorities reported at least 502 deaths in Indonesia, 162 in Thailand and 334 in Sri Lanka, with many people still missing.
In Thailand, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul outlined recovery and compensation plans for the hard-hit south. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said severe flooding across 12 southern provinces affected more than 1.4 million households and about 3.8 million people.
Sri Lankan officials said rescuers were still searching for some 370 missing people. Nearly 148,000 people were sheltering in temporary facilities after downpours flooded homes, farmland and roads and triggered landslides, mainly in the tea-growing central hill country.
In Indonesia, President Prabowo Subianto pledged to rebuild infrastructure during visits to areas of Sumatra battered by floods and landslides that left thousands homeless and 474 people reported missing as of Monday. Some locations remained unreachable after roads were damaged and communications cut, forcing residents to rely on aircraft-delivered supplies. The National Disaster Management Agency said flooding displaced about 290,700 people in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh provinces.
Prabowo said the government’s response was reaching those in need and urged stronger action on climate change, saying local governments must play a major role in protecting the environment and preparing for more extreme weather.
