Over 1,500 dead after torrential rains – hundreds missing

In Indonesia, over 800 have been confirmed dead by the authorities, in Sri Lanka well over 450 and in Thailand 185.

Several villages in both Sri Lanka and Indonesia are buried under mud and rubble. At the same time, over 860 people are still missing in the countries.

In Indonesia, demands are growing for the government to act, following warnings from activist groups that decades of unregulated deforestation may have exacerbated the devastation.

We don't want this costly disaster to happen again," says Rangga Adiputra, whose home on the island of Sumatra has been washed away.