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Indonesia and Sri Lanka hit hardest as climate change-boosted monsoon flooding wreaks havoc across Southeast Asian nations.
Satellite imagery captured the extent of the flooding that devastated parts of South East Asia in late November, killing at least 1,200 people.These images, captured by Planet Labs PBC, show extensive flooding in the Colombo and Kaduwela areas of Sri Lanka (images 1-2),
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Flood-hit Southeast Asia saw highest November rains since 2012: AFP analysis
Some flood-hit regions of Southeast Asia experienced their heaviest November rains since 2012, according to an Agence France Presse (AFP) analysis, as climate change intensifies seasonal weather patterns.
Catastrophic floods and landslides have struck Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia
The disaster occurred during the monsoon season, which experts have said is particularly severe this year
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand with tens of thousands of people displaced.
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Flood-hit Asia regions saw highest November rains since 2012
Some flood-hit regions of Southeast Asia experienced their heaviest November rains since 2012, according to an AFP analysis, as climate change intensifies seasonal weather patterns.