Floods in Asia: the death toll continues to rise

The devastating floods that have affected four Asian countries in recent days have left killed more than 1 000 people with hundreds still missing.

Torrential rains, exacerbated by a tropical storm, hit western Indonesia, southern Thailand, and northern Malaysia, causing deadly floods.

The floods and landslides in Sri Lanka followed the passage of Cyclone Ditwah.

Military forces have been deployed in Indonesia and Sri Lanka to help those still stranded.