The death toll in Indonesia from recent flooding has passed 900, with hundreds still missing. More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when a rare and powerful cyclone formed over the Malaca Strait last week, bringing torrential rain and landslides to parts of the South East Asian country.

Indonesia experienced a significant increase in deforestation in 2024, with approximately 175,400 hectares of forest cover lost, a rise of 54,300 hectares from the previous year, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported in March, citing data from the country’s Forestry Ministry.

Emergency crews are racing to reach survivors and recover bodies after catastrophic floods and landslides in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.

Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of residents at the lone hospital in the area.

Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 334 in Sri Lanka and 170 in Thailand, authorities said.

Parts of Asia are reeling after torrents of rain unleashed catastrophic floods and landslides last week and killed more than 1,400 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia

Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been stricken by cyclone-fueled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait.

Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia’s heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones.

The Minangkabau people's traditional house, called 'Rumah Gadang', sits damaged following deadly flash floods in Palembayan, Agam regency, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia suspended the operations of three companies in Sumatra, saying it would probe whether their land-clearing activities helped trigger the deadly floods and landslides that killed hundreds on the island.

Devastating floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, with authorities warning that starvation in remote, .