Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Friday. Heavy monsoon season rains paired with a tropical storm system inundated areas across the three countries, stranding residents on roof tops and cutting off entire communities.

In Indonesia, authorities were struggling to reach worst-affected areas on Sumatra island, while authorities at a southern Thailand hospital brought in refrigerated trucks to store bodies after the morgue exceeded capacity. In West Sumatra, 53-year-old Misniati described a terrifying battle against rising floodwaters to reach her husband at home.

Returning from early morning prayers at a mosque, "I noticed the street was flooded." "I tried to run back to my house to tell my husband, and the water was already reaching my waist," she told AFP. Battling currents that nearly knocked her off her feet, she arrived home to find the water at chest level. "We didn't sleep at all last night, we just monitored the water," said Misniati, who only uses one name. Officials on Sumatra said flooding and landslides this week have killed at least 111 people, with nearly 100 more missing. North Sumatra police spokesman Ferry Walintukan said authorities were focused on "evacuation and providing assistance". Access to some areas and communication was still cut off, he told AFP. "Hopefully, the weather will clear up so we can move the helicopter to the (worst-hit) locations." In the Indonesian island's Aceh province, receding waters left behind mud that buried cars almost up to their windows. An AFP journalist saw a truck carrying timber abandoned in the mud, with no sign of the driver. More rain is forecast for much of Sumatra, though the intensity is expected to ease, officials said. Among the hardest-hit areas in the region is southern Thailand, where flooding left residents of Hat Yai clinging to rooftops awaiting rescue by boat. At least 145 people have been killed across the country's southern provinces,government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said Friday, as receding floodwaters allowed a clearer picture of the disaster. (Bssnews)