Indonesia’s president tells survivors of last week’s devastating floods that help is arriving for those in need, as Asian governments scale up their responses to a disaster that has left more than 1,000 dead in three countries.

Hundreds more are missing following flooding and landslides in the past week, which killed at least 502 people in Indonesia, 335 in Sri Lanka, and 176 in Thailand, authorities said.

Some areas of Indonesia remain unreachable after the disaster damaged roads and brought down communication lines, with residents in affected areas relying on aircraft to deliver supplies.

Flooding displaced 290,700 people in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh provinces, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said.

Sri Lankan authorities said on Monday that rescuers are s

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