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WRAP: Tropical storm deaths top 600 in Southeast Asia, over 4 million affected
VIDEO SHOWS: WRAP OF EDITS RELATED TO FLOODS ACROSS INDONESIA AND SRI LANKA
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SHOWS: Floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed at least 604 people, the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Monday (December 1), with 464 people missing.
Rescue teams and police in North Sumatra recovered bodies as improving weather revealed the scale of the disaster.
In West Sumatra, one resident lost his home and two family members who were ill and could not walk when the flooding came.
More than 28,000 homes have been damaged in Indonesia and 1.5 million people affected, according to the country's disaster management agency. (6363-ASIA-WEATHER/INDONESIA-DRONE-BODIES)
PALEMBAYAN, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 1, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
1. (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE AFTERMATH
SOUTH TAPANULI, NORTH SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 1, 2025) (BASARNAS - Must On Screen Courtesy "BASARNAS")
2. VARIOUS OF RESCUERS AND POLICE CARRYING BODY BAGS
3. WOMEN CRYING NEXT TO SEARCH SITE
4. RESCUERS AND FAMILY STANDING NEXT TO BODY BAG
5. PEOPLE STANDING / HEAVY EQUIPMENT
6. RESCUER GUIDING HEAVY EQUIPMENT
PALEMBAYAN, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 1, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
7. VARIOUS OF DEBRIS AND DAMAGED FURNITURE ON SITE WHERE PALEMBAYAN RESIDENT, MUHAMMAD RAIS' HOME ONCE STOOD
8. (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) PALEMBAYAN RESIDENT, MUHAMMAD RAIS, SAYING:
"This building used to be my house. This was a mosque, that was my parents' house, our rice mill, my younger brother's house, and my in laws."
REPORTER ASKING: NOW?
"Now everything was flat with water"
REPORTER ASKING: HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED HERE?
"There were 12 people here."
REPORTER ASKING: DID EVERYONE SURVIVE?
"No, we lost two."
REPORTER ASKING: WHO?
"My mother and mother in-law."
REPORTER ASKING: WHAT HAPPENED?
"They were sick, and couldn't walk."
Rescue teams in West Sumatra worked to clear roads clogged with debris, while uniformed responders searched through thick mud and carried body bags in Palembayan. Meanwhile, some residents tried to recover valuables such as documents and motorcycles from their damaged homes. (6283-ASIA-WEATHER/INDONESIA)
PALEMBAYAN, PADANG, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (DECEMBER 1, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)
9. MILITARY PERSONNEL CARRYING BODY BAG
10. DRIVING SHOT OF STREET COVERED IN MUD AND DEBRIS
11. VARIOUS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS SCRAPING MUD AWAY FROM BUILDING
12. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS
Sri Lanka's president Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised speech on Sunday (November 30) that the country faced 'the most difficult rescue operation in its history'. (6191-ASIA-WEATHER/SRI LANKA-PRESIDENT)
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (PRESIDENT MEDIA DIVISION - Access all)
13. (SOUNDBITE) (Sinhala) PRESIDENT ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE SAYING:
"As a country, we are facing the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history. We also recognise that what we are undertaking is the most difficult rescue operation in our nation’s history. This is the first time the entire country has been struck by such a disaster."
Record rains lashed Sri Lanka from Thursday (November 27) causing multiple landslides while overflowing rivers submerged entire towns nationwide. Over 24,000 police, army and air force personnel are still trying to reach families stranded by floods, authorities said. (6251-ASIA-WEATHER/SRI LANKA)
COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)
14. FLOODED STREET AND BUILDINGS
15. POLICE ON BOAT MOVING IN FLOODWATER
16. VARIOUS OF FLOODED HOUSES AND BUILDINGS
17. RESCUE BOAT MOVING IN FLOODWATER
18. PEOPLE STANDING IN CHEST-LEVEL FLOODWATER WAITING TO BE RESCUED
19. RESCUE BOAT MOVING IN FLOODWATER
20. STRANDED CHILD BEING RESCUED FROM BALCONY OF HOUSE
21. FLOODED STREET
22. VARIOUS OF FAMILY STRANDED IN THEIR HOUSE BY FLOODWATERS BEING RESCUED BY BOAT
23. RESCUED FAMILY BEING TAKEN TO SAFETY ON BOAT
24. VARIOUS OF RELIEF GOODS BEING HANDED OVER FOR DISTRIBUTION
25. (SOUNDBITE) (Sinhala) 37-YEAR-OLD GARMENT FACTORY WORKER, SUNETHRA PRIYADARSHINI, SAYING:
"In the night, things were normal. By the next morning, everything was underwater, including our house. Seven of us, including children, took refuge on the top floor. There are another 15 adults still there. Their houses are completely underwater."
More than 120 people were airlifted to safety in helicopters by the air force after water breached the dam of the Mavil Aru Reservoir in the eastern part of Sri Lanka, while dozens of families were trapped in their homes by floodwaters in the commercial capital of Colombo. (6191-ASIA-WEATHER/SRI LANKA-PRESIDENT)
POLONNARUWA, SRI LANKA (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (GOVERNMENT INFORMATION DEPARTMENT - Access all)
26. VARIOUS OF SRI LANKAN AIR FORCE HELPING PEOPLE ON TO HELICOPTER
27. PEOPLE INSIDE HELICOPTER
28. VARIOUS OF SRI LANKAN AIR FORCE LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO HELICOPTER
29. VARIOUS AERIALS OF SRI LANKAN AIR FORCE HELICOPTER DROPPING FUEL TO STRANDED PEOPL