Hundreds are still missing, and more than one million are displaced. As rescuers dig through mud and debris and battle to restore links to communities cut off by the destruction, authorities say the death toll may rise.

A cascade of unusually destructive storms has torn through South and Southeast Asia, killing at least 1,200 people — a toll that is likely to rise — and displacing millions more.

Unusually intense storms, warmer oceans and fragile infrastructure have combined to create a catastrophic season.

Governments and aid agencies across Indonesia and Sri Lanka are rushing supplies to hundreds of thousands stranded after monsoon floods and cyclones killed more than 1,300 people in four countries.

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to deploy 250 agents in Louisiana this month as part of an immigration operation called “Swamp Sweep.” The deployment comes after two National Guard members were shot in Washington,

More than 1,000 people have died and hundreds remain missing after catastrophic floods and landslides from tropical storms struck Southeast Asia, according to the latest death tolls. Sri Lanka reported 355 deaths from mudslides and flooding triggered by Cyclone Ditwah.

Unusually destructive storms have killed at least 1,350 people across the region and displaced millions in South and Southeast Asia.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced large-scale devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait fuelling heavy rains and wind gusts for a week.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn is the first Thai monarch to visit China since the two countries established diplomatic relations half a century ago. His trip was the most high-profile signal yet that Thailand, which has long struck a careful balance between China and America, is leaning ever closer towards its northern neighbour.

Netflix is ramping up its investment in Southeast Asian storytelling with a comprehensive slate of industry initiatives.

More than 900 people are dead, thousands more missing and millions affected by a band of cyclones and extreme monsoonal weather across southern Asia. Torrential rain has triggered the worst flooding in decades,