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Politics 9 months ago
Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860
The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday.
Academia 9 months ago
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Sumatra’s floods are not just nature’s fury, Indonesia must act together
To prevent similar disasters in the future, regular audits of plantation, mining, and logging permits, especially in upstream watersheds, are needed to ensure that land-use decisions support ecological protection.
Politics 9 months ago
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Decade-old video casts food minister as ‘villain’ in Sumatra flood
Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan has suddenly become the target of public ire after a decade-old video of his interview with actor Harrison Ford resurfaced online, which for some netizens, made him a convenient scapegoat for the deadly floods in northern Sumatra.
Society 9 months ago
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Environmental degradation in spotlight in Sumatra floods
About 1.4 million hectares of forest cover have been cleared across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra between 2016 and 2025 to make way for plantations and mining, according to the environmental group Walhi. The areas hardest-hit by floods and landslides last week were degraded watersheds.
Asia & Pacific 9 months ago
Asia floods toll tops 1,000 as military aid survivors
Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended rainfall to the entire island of Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia last week. Climate change is producing more extreme rain events and turbocharging storms in the region.
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