ASEANEWS HEADLINE-CLIMATE CHANGE | INDONESIA: Sumatra flood deaths exceed 1,000 as regions extend emergency status
According to preliminary data from the emergency response services, flooding since the river overflowed on Nov. 26 damaged or inundated 122 places of worship and 10,530 homes, forcing 5,729 families, or 20,114 people, to evacuate. (Antara/Irwansyah Putra)
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Indonesia floods: Rescuers say death toll has crossed 1,000; more than 200 remain missing
The death toll from deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia has crossed 1,000. Officials say that number is expected to rise, with more than 200 people still missing. This is as Indonesia continues to struggle with relief efforts.
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The death toll in the Sumatra floods and landslides has reached over 1,000 people over the weekend, as regional governments in the northwestern part of the island extend their emergency status and evacuees demand the central government to do more to help.
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T he death toll from the floods that hit northern and western parts of Sumatra late last month has reached more than 1,000 people over the weekend, as regions extended their emergency status and evacuees demanded the government to do more in its relief efforts.
Three weeks have gone by since cyclone-induced floods and landslides hit Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, devastating regencies across the three provinces and leaving destruction in their wake.
As of Sunday night, 1,016 people have been found dead, around 7,600 people injured and over 158,000 houses as well as 1,200 public infrastructure damaged across 52 regencies, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
At least 212 people are still missing. “Over the past week, the death toll has increased by 66 people: 33 from Aceh, 19 from North Sumatra and 14 from West Sumatra,
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” BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari told a press conference on Sunday. Dozens of villages across two regencies in Aceh remain isolated, though North Sumatra and West Sumatra see fewer isolated regencies.
“This is due to land access still being cut off […] but logistical support is still being optimized via air,” Abdul said, adding that
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