The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on Friday, with authorities racing to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications, and coordinate recovery efforts as waters began to recede.

Large parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been hit by cyclone-fuelled torrential rain for a week, with a rare tropical storm forming in the Malacca Strait. Another 46 people were killed by a cyclone in Sri Lanka, authorities said.

'Running out of supplies and food'

On Indonesia’s badly hit Sumatra island, 174 people were confirmed dead on Friday, Suharyanto, the head of Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said at a press briefing. While the rain had stopped, 79 people remained missing and thousands of families were displaced.

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