Hanoi, Nov. 28 -- Severe floods and landslides have battered Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in recent days, causing widespread destruction, mass evacuations and a rising death toll across the region. Days of relentless heavy rain have triggered widespread flooding and landslides across Indonesia's Sumatra island, causing severe loss of life and property, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate, and prompting authorities to declare multiple disaster emergencies. As of the afternoon of November 27, the death toll had risen to 61. In Aceh province, emergency status has been declared in 10 of its 23 districts and cities. Flash floods and landslides that began on November 18 have affected more than 14,200 households with nearly 47,00...