The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand with tens of thousands of people displaced.

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 40 deaths, officials said Thursday.

Heartbreaking scenes seen in Hat Yai as the flood crisis escalates. Songkhla MP Saksit Khaothong shares the suffering - with people fighting for food and bodies found in the streets.

Extreme flooding has led to a significant reduction in one of the world's most important food staples, according to new research.

Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point.

Severe floods in Southern Thailand are set to cut global rubber supply by 90,000 tons, causing a $776M economic loss.

Climate change and the subordination of disaster management to profit exacerbate the destruction from flooding, which falls most heavily on the working class and poor.

Severe floods in Thailand's southern region could cut rubber production in the world's largest producer by as much as 90,000 metric tons, worth 4.5 billion baht ($140 million), the national rubber authority said on Thursday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country where landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 30 deaths, officials said Thursday.

Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighboring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead, officials said Wednesday.