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Indonesians blame deforestation for flood devastation
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» South Tapanuli, Indonesia - Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods brought by a tropical storm killed more than 700 people in its deadliest disaster since a cataclysmic tsunami in 2004.
Militaries come to aid of Asia flood victims as toll nears 1,000
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» PADANG, Indonesia- Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries in Asia in recent days.
Tropical storm deaths cross 600 in Southeast Asia, over 4m affected
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2025
» JAKARTA/BANGKOK - The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend.
Floods, landslides kill at least 21 in Indonesia’s West Sumatra
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 10/03/2024
» Indonesia said at least 21 people were killed and 80,000 more were displaced by floods and landslides that hit several regions in West Sumatra province after days of torrential rains.
Indonesian rescuers race to find 12 missing after eruption
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» AGAM (INDONESIA) - Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers were racing Tuesday to find a dozen hikers who went missing after a volcano eruption killed 11 people.
Hikers evacuated as Indonesia volcano spews ash tower
AFP, Published on 04/12/2023
» PADANG (INDONESIA) - A volcano in western Indonesia erupted Sunday, belching a column of ash around three kilometres into the sky and forcing the evacuation of dozens of hikers, officials said.
Boat with 69 Rohingya arrives in Aceh
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2023
» LAMPANAH, Indonesia: A boat carrying 69 Rohingya Muslims landed in Aceh province of Indonesia on Thursday, the United Nations refugee agency said, the latest in a wave of arrivals as hundreds flee desperate conditions in Bangladeshi refugee camps.
Boat with 185 Rohingya refugees lands in Indonesia's Aceh
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2023
» JAKARTA: A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Sunday, a local disaster agency official said, following hundreds who arrived late last year fleeing desperate conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2022
» NEW DELHI/DHAKA: The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community, a UN agency told Reuters on Monday, as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after month at sea
Published on 25/12/2022
» A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said.