4 southeast Asian countries devastated by floods and landslides

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Death toll exceeded 1,100 due to flooding and landslides in Southeast Asia.

Countries have declared their military to help rescue people and deliver aid.

The hardest hit countries were Sri Lanka and Indonesia.

Torrential rains in multiple Southeast Asian countries over the last week have brought deadly flooding and landslides with a death toll over 1,100 as of Monday.

The rainfall was brought by separate weather systems to the entirety of Sri Lanka, parts of Indonesia, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week. The region is currently in its monsoon season, but according to CBS, the storms are being turbocharged by climate change.

Affected countries have also deployed military personnel to help survivors, some of whom were left clinging to rooftops as they waited