Flooding recovery efforts underway in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand after more than 1,000 killed

Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries.

PADANG SIDEMPUAN, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president told survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help was arriving to those in need Monday as Asian governments scaled up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries.

Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 334 in Sri Lanka and 170 in Thailand, authorities said.

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto pledged to rebuild infrastructure while visiting areas affected by floods and landslides on the island of Sumatra that left thousands homeless and 508 people missing as of Monday.

A mosque standing amid mud in a flood-affected area in Meureudu, Indonesia, on Sunday.Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP via Getty ImagesSome areas of Indonesia remained unreachable Monday after the disaster damaged roads and downed communications lines, with residents in affected areas relying on aircraft delivering supplies. Flooding displaced 290,700 people in the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh, the National Disaster Management Agency said.

Prabowo said the government’s response is reaching those in need.