US EditionMore than 1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as rescue efforts intensify
More than 800 people remain missing as rescue teams face blocked roads and damaged infrastructure amid ongoing heavy rains and landslides, authorities said.
- Rescuers reported the floods and landslides killed at least 1,230 people, including 659 in Indonesia, 390 in Sri Lanka, and 181 in Thailand, authorities said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
- Days of heavy monsoon rains, strengthened by the rare Cyclone Ditva, inundated vast areas and swallowed entire villages across Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
- Helicopters and boats have been deployed but worsening weather and roads and bridges washed out are slowing operations, while at least 475 people missing complicate searches, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
- The government announced initial compensation payments of 239 million baht to at least 1,200 people, according to Siripong Angkasakulkiat.
- Officials warn the situation could worsen with more rain expected and the final toll could surpass 2,000, while about 1.5 million displaced residents in Sri Lanka and more than 1.5 million households and 3.9 million people affected in southern Thailand.
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Governments, armed forces and aid organizations in Indonesia and Sri Lanka are trying to provide assistance to the thousands of people affected by the devastating floods that kill more than 1,300 people in various parts of Asia.
Death rates continue to rise after the severe flood disaster in Southeast Asia. Hundreds are still considered missing. According to helpers, it is extremely difficult for many people to get drinking water and food.
UPDATE 1-Death toll from Indonesia floods and landslides passes 700 | Science-Environment
Close to 900 people have been killed in floods and landslides that have wreaked havoc in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, which follow months of adverse and deadly weather in Southeast Asia, including successive typhoons that struck the Philippines and Vietnam and added to frequent and prolonged flooding elsewhere.
The number of people killed by floods and landslides on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia increased on March 753, announced the disaster agency and 504 persons were disappeared, reports The Guardian.
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