Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

The floods and landslides that have killed more than 1,350 people in recent weeks are a grim reminder of the risks of a warming planet.

Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof.

Rescue teams saved two men clinging to trees during deadly flooding on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, footage released on November 28 shows.Video by Kantor Search and Rescue in Banda Aceh shows two separate rescues in the province of Aceh,

MEDAN, Indonesia -- Some residents of the flood-hit island of Sumatra resorted to looting, seeking food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday.

The proposal follows new legislation that aims to protect children from disasters after the July 4 catastrophe claimed the lives of 27 campers and staffers at a popular Central Texas camp.

The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.

The Indonesian government will investigate the factors behind recent floods in Sumatra, including the source of logs swept away by floodwaters in several

Environmentalists, experts and even the government have pointed to the role forest loss played in flash flooding and landslides that washed torrents of mud into villages and stranded residents on roofs.