More than 1,000 people have died in devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand, leaving hundreds of thousands of people stranded without shelter. In Indonesia, 600 people have died and over 500,000 people are displaced on the island of Sumatra as authorities frantically search for survivors. In Thailand, at least 170 people were killed in one of the worst floods in a decade. Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, 334 people died as a result of Cyclone Ditwah, the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades since the devastating 2004 tsunami. On Sunday, low-lying areas of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo were flooded after heavy rains triggered mudslides across the island. Nearly 148,000 people have been displaced.

Malika Kumari: “It rained nonstop for three days. We heard about the warnings of flooding, but we didn’t expect water levels would get this high. As usual, we moved our belongings that could be moved to a higher level. But that didn’t help. Everything is under water.”