Deadly storms ravage Asia, killing more than 600 with hundreds missing

By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rainfall has unleashed widespread flooding and landslides across Asia, killing more than 600 people with hundreds still missing. Cyclone-fueled downpours battered parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week when a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait – a narrow waterway separating the Indonesian island of