Recovery under way after floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand

As Asian governments increase their responses to the disaster that has left more than 1, 000 people dead in three nations, Indonesia’s president informs those who lost to the devastating floods that last week.

At least 502 people were killed in Indonesia, 335 in Sri Lanka, and 176 in Thailand as a result of flooding and landslides in the past week, according to authorities.

Residents of the affected areas rely on aircraft to transport supplies, with some areas still unreachable after the disaster damaged roads and cut off communication lines.

According to the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), 290, 700 people were displaced by the flooding in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra provinces.

Rescuers are still looking for 366 missing people, according to Sri Lankan authorities on Monday. After being battered over the past week by downpours that flooded homes, fields, and roads and caused landslides, primarily in the tea-growing central hill country, nearly 148, 000 people are now living in temporary shelters.

Authorities in Thailand worked to restore infrastructure, including water and electricity, in the southern region of the nation, where severe flooding has affected more than 1.4 million homes and 3.8 million people, according to government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat.