Indonesians hunt desperately for food and water after flooding that killed more than 400

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At least 442 have died in Indonesian flooding with 290,700 displaced, as desperate survivors resort to stealing food and water.

Damaged infrastructure, impassable roads and unpredictable weather hamper relief operations, slowing aid to the hardest-hit areas of North Sumatra and Aceh.

In Sri Lanka, 193 have died and nearly 150,000 have been displaced by catastrophic flooding, compounding the humanitarian crisis across South Asia.

MEDAN, Indonesia — Some residents of the flood-stricken Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said the number of deaths from floods and mudslides in that isla