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This picture shows an aerial view of members of Indonesia's Mobile Brigade Corps deploying Sumatran elephants to help clear tree debris following flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district, Aceh, on December 8, 2025. Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 on December 8 following weeks of heavy rain. (AFP/CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN )
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ith fatalities from the hydrometeorological disaster in Sumatra approaching 1,000 and numerous regions still struggling to receive aid, questions are growing over whether the government can manage the situation without international assistance.
Two weeks have passed since flash floods and landslides triggered by a rare tropical cyclone first struck Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, leaving a devastating impact on residents and infrastructure in the northern tip of the island.
As of Monday night, the death toll across the three provinces had reached 961, with at least 289 people still unaccounted for and around 5,000 injured. More than 157,000 houses and over 1,200 public facilities have been damaged in 52 regencies, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari said that more displaced residents were found in East Aceh and Bener Meriah regencies in Aceh, bringing the total of evacuees across three provinces to over 1 million and 57,000 people.
"It is our responsibility to continue optimizing logistics distribution to those in evacuation centers to ensure their basic food and non-food needs are met," Abdul said during a livestreamed press conference on Monday.
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Meanwhile, BNPB head Lt. Gen. Suharyanto said dozens of regions, particularly in Aceh, remain cut off from aid deliveries due to inaccessible roads. In both North and West Sumatra, at least seven villages across two regencies in each province remain isolated.
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