What made the floods in South East Asia so deadly? - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service

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With close to a thousand people killed in flooding across the region, South East Asia’s late-2025 wet weather events were particularly devastating. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM And scientists say climate change is shaping weather patterns in a way that will likely make future rain and flooding events worse. With a relatively high number of densely populated sinking cities, the region is one of the most flood-prone parts of the world, but there’s no shortage of bold ideas that could offset the problem in future. Asia Specific host Mariko Oi is joined by the presenters of the BBC Climate Question podcast Graihagh Jackson and Jordan Dunbar. 00:00 Coming up 00:20 Intro 01:20 Did climate change affect Asia floods? 03:03 How warmer oceans mean more storms 04:20 Why SE Asia is hard hit by flood events 06:30 Groundwater extraction link to sinking cities 07:40 The rising sea level factor 10:00 Deforestation link to flooding 11:45 What can cities do to prevent or manage flooding? 14:00 How Bangkok approaches flooding risks 15:30 A string of islands in the Gulf of Thailand ideas 16:20 Difference between rules and enforcement for groundwater 17:27 Will populations have to move in future? 19:11 Progress across Asia on tackling climate challenges Watch more episodes of Asia Specific here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4c3njIxB0KHuO8SS2mBMtUc Watch more episodes of The Climate Question here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dlFahw2svjb6-aW_BVOn4x Instagram: @bbcworldservice Email: [email protected] Presenter: Mariko Oi Producer: Bill Birtles Video journalist: Christine Hah Camera: Rosalehin Bin Rosli, Syaik Muhammad Sidik, Khairul Danish, Aimran Supardi Editor: Bill Birtles ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #climatechange #climateaction #asia #asiafloods