Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000

Indonesian soldiers walking among rubble during a rescue operation at an area hit by deadly flash floods following heavy rains in Palembayan, Agam regency, West Sumatra. - Reuters

PADANG, Indonesia: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday (Dec 1) to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries in Asia in recent days.

Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week.