Sri Lanka is facing severe floods after heavy rain linked to Cyclone Ditwah. At least 56 people have been killed, and 21 remain missing. Nearly 3,000 homes have been damaged, and around 44,000 people have been affected,

Cyclones and extreme weather have killed at least 366 people in Sri Lanka, 604 in Indonesia, and 176 in Thailand, according to authorities.

Hundreds more were still missing and millions have been displaced in the rain-drenched region, with Sri Lanka and Indonesia hit particularly hard.

The toll from flooding and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka increased to 355 on Monday, Daily Mirror quoted the country's disaster management centre as saying.

South East Asia is facing one of its deadliest flooding disasters in decades, with over 1,000 lives lost as torrential rains, storms, and back-to-back cyclones unleash massive destruction across Thailand,

Scientists discovered that a week of full submergence is enough to kill most rice plants, making flooding a far greater threat than previously understood. Intensifying extreme rainfall events may amplify these losses unless vulnerable regions adopt more resilient rice varieties.