The death toll from flooding and landslides across Indonesia’s Sumatra island has risen to 631, the country’s disaster agency says, as one million people were evacuated from high-risk areas.
Heavy monsoon rains and tropical cyclones have devastated parts of Asia this week, including Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Southern Thailand, killing more than 1 160 people across the region, destroying infrastructure and inundating towns.
In Indonesia alone, 3.2 million people have been affected by the floods, while 2 600 have been injured and 472 people remain missing.
Aid workers and response teams are racing to reach survivors, but have been hampered by blocked roads and broken bridges, and some areas of northern Sumatra remain inaccessible by road.
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