ASEANEWS HEADLINE-CLIMATE CHANGE | INDONESIA: Discontent grows in Aceh over flood response
Flooded and forgotten: A person puts a white flag in front of his damaged house on Dec. 17, 2025, following severe flooding in Jambak village, Pante Ceureumen district, West Aceh, Aceh. The white flags were raised by residents of the village to call on the government to immediately declare the devastation in Sumatra a national disaster, which will allow for international assistance to enter and help accelerate recovery efforts. (Antara/Syifa Yulinnas)
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Indonesia floods: Aceh province appeals for foreign aid to help with post-recovery efforts
Indonesia’s Aceh province is appealing for international aid, as the aftermath of deadly floods strains local resources weeks after the disaster. Randy Mulyanto with this report.
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Discontent grows in Aceh over how the administration of President Prabowo Subianto handles disaster relief, as the crisis driven by deadly floods and landslides has dragged on for nearly a month.
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D iscontent is growing in Aceh over how the administration of President Prabowo Subianto handles disaster relief, as the crisis driven by deadly floods and landslides has dragged on for nearly a month.
People in the province have raised white flags along roads, in villages and at emergency shelters in the past few days to signal their inability to cope amid limited aid and restricted access to food in areas that remain isolated.
Aceh has been hit the hardest by the cyclone-induced disaster, accounting for nearly half the death toll and most evacuees.
It has affected 18 regencies and cities across the province and damaged more than 100,000 homes.
“The situation is an SOS.
It is understandable that affected residents are raising white flags as a call for help,” Aceh emergency response spokesperson Murthalamuddin said on Thursday.
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Indonesia’s Aceh region grapples with disease as flood deaths rise | REUTERS
Indonesians in flood-hit Aceh Tamiang face worsening disease and overstretched medical care, as cyclone-driven floods and landslides on Sumatra have left more than 940 dead and hundreds missing.
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A woman covered in mud stands on a street filled with mud on Saturday after a flash flood hit the area in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh province. Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people in Sumatra, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. (AFP/YT Hariono)
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But this is not the first time such despair has surfaced since rare Cyclone Senyar triggered floods and landslides in Aceh and neighboring North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
A village is seen from above on Dec. 2 following a flash flood in Batang Toru district, South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra. (Reuters/Stringer)
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Some regencies in Aceh and the West Sumatra administration previously acknowledged being overwhelmed, saying the scale of the disaster has exceeded their response capacity.
People wade through the floodwater in the aftermath of flash floods at Tukka village, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on December 2, 2025. The death toll from floods and landslides that have struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island since last week has risen to 712, the National Disaster Management Agency said on December 2. (AFP/YT Hariono)
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