How cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia visual guide

"Tropical cyclones have combined with heavy monsoon rains to lay waste to swathes of Asia, killing close to 1,000 people and leaving many more homeless. Parts of the Indonesian archipelago have been particularly hard hit, with the death toll reaching 442 following flooding that began about a week ago, a number that is expected to rise. Nearly 300,000 people have been displaced and nearly 3,000 houses damaged, including 827 that were flattened or swept away."

"In the Indonesian island of Sumatra, videos circulating on social media showed people scrambling across crumbling barricades, flooded roads and broken glass to get their hands on food, medicine and fuel. Some were wading through waist-deep floodwaters to reach damaged convenience stores. A residents cleans mud from a house at a flood-affected village in the Meureudu area of Pidie Jaya, Aceh, in Indonesia, on 28 November. Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA Police spokesperson Ferry Walintukan said regional police had been deployed to restore order."

"In Sri Lanka, the death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster agency said, with nearly 400 still missing. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said more than 1.3 million people across the country had been affected by the record rains. It is the worst natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka in two decades, and officials said the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region was only just being reve"

Tropical cyclones combined with heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread devastation across parts of Asia, with close to 1,000 fatalities and many more homeless. Indonesia has seen particularly severe impacts, with at least 442 deaths, nearly 300,000 people displaced, and almost 3,000 houses damaged or destroyed. In Sumatra, flooding and damaged infrastructure prompted people to scramble for food, medicine and fuel, and looting occurred before aid arrived, prompting police deployment. In Sri Lanka, Cyclone Ditwah-driven floods and landslides raised the death toll to 334, left nearly 400 missing, and affected more than 1.3 million people.

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