An aerial view shows flood damage to a school in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district in Aceh province on November 30, 2025. `

Death toll from Sumatra floods rises to 442

The death toll surged 435 on Sunday, up from 303 on Saturday, official data uploaded on a government website showed, as officials compiled reports of casualties and damage pouring in from the western island of Sumatra, where three provinces had been devastated by landslides and floods after the rains.

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At least 279 people are still missing even as about 80,000 people have been evacuated and hundreds are still stranded in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

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Residents clear deep mud from the entrance of an inundated home following flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Aceh on Nov. 28, 2025. Days of devastating flooding across Southeast Asia have killed more than 300 people in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, authorities said on Nov. 28. (AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin).
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Thailand, Indonesia begin clean-up after massive floods kill hundreds

Rescuers in Indonesia were struggling to reach the worst-affected areas of Sumatra island, where more than 100 people were still missing.

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Officials at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in West Java examine the carcass of Musofa a male Javan rhinoceros from Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten, on Nov. 8, 2025. Musofa, one of the world’s last remaining male Javan rhinos, died shortly after his historic relocation to the Javan Rhino Study and Conservation Area (JRSCA) as part of a major conservation effort to protect the critically endangered species.

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Male javan rhino dies shortly after translocation to sanctuary for breeding program

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Purbaya calls on journalists to step up scrutiny of government

Speaking at an event hosted by the Chief Editors Forum on Sunday, Purbaya said the press had grown “increasingly muted” in recent years, leaving poor public policies insufficiently challenged and weakening policy outcomes.

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Plan to slash village funds to finance Red and White cooperatives draws scrutiny

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North Sumatra Police internal affairs officers relieved of duty for alleged extortions

Indonesian Navy hospital ship KRI dr. Soeharso-990 is seen navigating in this undated picture released on Friday, Nov. 28,2025. The hospital ship is among several naval ships deployed to assist victims of floods and landslides in the northern part of Sumatra.

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Navy, Air Force deploy assets, personnel for Sumatra natural disaster response

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Authorities races to evacuate stranded residents in Northern Sumatra

The cyclone blew across the Indonesian archipelago's western-most area, inundating the nearby Malacca Strait and causing floods and landslides that have killed at least 61 people, authorities said. They fear the toll could go up with rain continuing and 100 residents still missing.

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Rescuers wade through flood waters by holding a rope in their effort to evacuate residents who are trapped at their houses in Padang, West Sumatra province on November 27, 2025.

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Northern Sumatra floods death toll rises to 84

Indonesia, along with neighbouring Malaysia and Thailand have been hit by severe rains that have caused dozens of deaths across the region in recent days.

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