Michael Sullivan

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.

Rescue workers are still trying to reach some of the hardest-hit areas on the island of Sumatra, with damaged roads, bridges, and downed communications lines hindering those efforts, as is a lack of heavy equipment.

Relief aircraft have started to deliver aid to some of the worst-hit areas.

The governor of northern Sumatra's Aceh province, devastated by the 2004 tsunami that leveled many cities and towns, has declared a state of emergency.

and the head of the National Disaster Management Agency is warning he believes many more bodies have yet to be reached.

Heavy rainfall caused by tropical storms has struck much of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand, in the past few weeks.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Southern Thailand, the park closest to neighboring Malaysia, has borne the brunt of this week's flooding, with Songkla Province recording the most deaths so far, at least 110.

Seven other provinces make up the remainder, and the death toll is likely to rise, authorities say, as floodwaters recede and rescuers gain access to more areas.

The tourist destination of Hat Yai, the south's largest city, has been especially hard hit.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation says more than a million homes and 3.5 million people have been affected overall.

Videos from the affected areas show cars stacked on each other alongside household debris swept away by the floodwaters.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Fung Wong came ashore in northeastern Aurora Province with sustained winds of up to 115 miles per hour and gusts of more than 140 miles per hour.

It set off floods and landslides and knocked out power to entire provinces, even as the country dealt with the devastation left by Typhoon Kalmagi, which struck the country on Tuesday, leaving at least 224 dead.

At least five more people were killed after Kalmagi cleared the Philippines and slammed into an already storm-battered Vietnam.

Fenghuang weakened as it traveled across the northern Philippines overnight before blowing into the South China Sea.

It's forecast to head to the northwest towards Taiwan.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.

Fung Wong came ashore in northeastern Aurora Province with sustained winds of up to 115 miles per hour and gusts of more than 140 miles per hour.