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Archipelago 9 months ago
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Life in the dark: Northern Sumatra residents wait for a flicker of hope
Authorities are struggling to restore power in northern Sumatra, particularly in Aceh, after widespread floods and landslides last month, triggered by a rare cyclone and exacerbated by environmental destruction, with felled trees sweeping away villages, causing massive damage and hampering recovery.
Archipelago 9 months ago
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Death strikes stranded evacuees in isolated Sumatra shelters
Suffering through days without clean water or proper medical care, evacuees packed into emergency shelters across three provinces in the northern part of Sumatra are falling severely ill, with some reportedly dying before help can reach them.
Archipelago 9 months ago
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Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid
With 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.
Archipelago 9 months ago
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Disease spreads among Sumatra flood victims
As fevers, typhoid and skin infections surge among survivors of last week’s deadly floods, authorities are stepping up medical outreach and disease-prevention efforts across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra to contain outbreaks and protect vulnerable communities.
Archipelago 10 months ago
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Aceh evacuees battle hunger, illness amid aid delays
Many evacuees have been forced to take shelter along the roadside, enduring scorching heat by day and cold temperatures at night due to a lack of temporary shelters. Residents are resorting to filtering water from puddles left by the flood to meet their basic drinking needs.
Politics 10 months ago
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Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response
A week after cyclone-induced floods and landslides hit three provinces in Sumatra, authorities are still scrambling to find those who are missing and to distribute aid, as several affected areas remain still cut off and awaiting necessary supplies.
Archipelago 10 months ago
Coordinating economy minister office sends food aid, medical supplies to Sumatra
The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has dispatched around 40 tonnes of food and medical supplies to flood-ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, as the government pressed on with search and rescue missions for a disaster that has claimed nearly 800 lives.
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