Over 600 people died as rare storms triggered floods and landslides across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, displacing thousands, cutting access to communities, and complicating rescue efforts amid damaged roads communications.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people.

HAT YAI, Thailand/KUALA PERLIS, Malaysia (Reuters) -Flood rescue teams in Thailand readied drones to deliver aid and helicopters dropped supplies to people marooned on rooftops on Thursday, as the death toll from its worst floods in years rose and the number killed by a cyclone in Indonesia climbed to 61.

Heavy monsoon rain overwhelmed parts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia this week, killing more than 300 people and leaving thousands stranded, many on rooftops awaiting rescue.

Southeast Asia reels from deadly floods and landslides as death toll surpasses 400. Thousands remain stranded in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia