Rescuers in Indonesia are urgently searching for hundreds of missing people feared buried under landslides in the wake of devastating floods that have wreaked havoc across south-east Asia - as the death toll in the region has now reached 900.
On the Indonesian island of Sumatra survivors have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from floods and mudslides have risen to 193.
The floods, which hit Indonesia nearly a week ago, have killed 442 people - with the number expected to rise as more bodies are recovered - and displaced 290,700.
Nearly 3,000 houses have been reportedly damaged, including 827 that were flattened or swept out by floods.
The deluges triggered landslides, damaged roads, cut off parts of the island, and downed communication lines, prompting officials and limited communities to use Starlink satellite internet for relief operations.
Another 402 people are missing in Indonesia's three provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
The challenging weather conditions and the lack of heavy equipment has also hampered rescue efforts. Aid has been slow to reach the hardest-hit city of Sibolga and Central Tapanuli district in North Sumatra.
Videos on social media showed people scrambling past crumbling barricades, flooded roads and broken glass to get their hands on food, medicine and gas.
Rescuers carry a person through the flood-devastated region of West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday amid an urgent search for hundreds of missing individuals.
A man carries a refrigerator on his shoulders as he attempts to leave for a safer area following heavy rains in Padang, West Sumatra.
Local residents comfort one another as they look at the devastation caused by flooding.
Some waded through waist-deep floodwaters to reach damaged convenience stores.
The spokesperson for the police, Ferry Walintukan, said they received reports of people breaking into shops on Saturday evening, and that regional police had been deployed to restore order.
'The looting happened before logistical aid arrived,' Walintukan said. '(Residents) didn't know that aid would come and were worried they would starve.'
Eleven helicopters were deployed from Jakarta to the affected areas the day after the disaster for ongoing logistics distribution operations, especially to areas where land access was cut off, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said on Sunday, 'but unpredictable weather often hampers aid operations.'
The Cabinet Secretariat released footage of the military airdropping supplies to the affected areas. In the village of North Tapanuli, survivors waved frantically to the helicopters carrying aid. Meanwhile, four navy ships docked at a port to support aid distribution.
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A woman stands among tree trunks and dead wood swept onto a shore following the deadly flash floods that have hit Indonesia in the last week.
Indonesia National Armed Forces soldiers load aid supplies to send to flood-hit areas.
A man transports a woman through flood waters in Hat Yai in Thailand's southern Songkhla province on November 26, 2025.
Sri Lankan flood victims wade through a flooded road during heavy rainfall in the suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 November 2025.
Two youths look at a car surrounded by high flood waters in Hat Yai in Thailand's southern Songkhla province on November 26, 2025.
Rubble on a street as the floodwaters begin to recede in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, southern Thailand.
Cars submerged by floodwaters at the town of Kangar, state of Perlis, Malaysia, 28 November 2025.
Debris lies at an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Batang Toru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
An aerial picture taken with a drone shows a bridge broken due to flooding at a flood-affected village in the Meureudu area, Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Indonesia.
A resident walks past a stranded car stuck in deep mud following flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Indonesia's Aceh province on November 28, 2025.
Authorities in Sri Lanka said the death toll there from floods and mudslides has risen to 193, with 228 others still missing.
Nearly 148,000 people have been displaced from their homes and are housed in temporary shelters.
Sri Lanka has been battered by severe weather since last week. Conditions worsened on Thursday, with heavy downpours that flooded homes, fields and roads and triggered landslides mainly in the tea-growing central hill country.
Thailand and Malaysia have also been devastated by the extreme weather caused by Cyclone Senyar, leaving millions affected and more than 900 dead across the region this month.