At least 248 have been killed in Indonesia after monsoon rains and an earthquake triggered flooding and landslides.
Some 74 people were found dead in West Sumatra, where rescuers recovered bodies from houses submerged under mud and rocks, according to the country’s disaster management agency.
More than 500 people were injured, and rescuers are still searching for survivors buried under debris from the landslide, authorities added.
Hundreds of police, soldiers and residents dug through the debris with their bare hands and shovels as heavy rain hindered their rescue efforts.
Torrential rains triggered rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra, sweeping people away and submerging houses and buildings.
Around 3,000 displaced families have fled to government shelters.
Parts of Sumatra were cut off by damaged roads and downed communications lines, and relief aircraft were delivering aid and supplies to hard-hit areas.
Authorities struggled to get tractors and other heavy equipment over roads after torrential rains sent mud and rocks crashing onto villages.
“The death toll is believed to be increasing, since many bodies are still missing, while many have not been reached,” said Suharyanto, head of the country’s National Disaster Management Agency, or BNPB.
The region had already been hit by, which struck a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck an island off the coast of Sumatra on Thursday.
The extreme weather was driven by tropical Cyclone Senyar, part of a weather system which has claimed lives across South East Asia, with at least 145 killed in Thailand and fatalities also reported in the Philippines.
More than 1.2 million households and 3.6 million people in Thailand were affected by floods the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Friday.
It coincides with another tropical storm further west, named Cyclone Ditwa, which had brought flooding and landslides to Sri Lanka.
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