Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Scientists say the devastation reflects a warming global climate turbo-charged by record carbon dioxide levels and rising ocean temperatures, driving stronger, wetter, and more unpredictable storms. Governments across the region were unprepared and vulnerable communities were hardest hit. Economic losses already reach into the billions, while climate financing remains far short of what developing nations need. Without more aggressive action to counter climate change, experts warn that Southeast Asia faces a long future of escalating extreme weather.