Deadly floods claim over 900 lives in Indonesia as survivors struggle to obtain aid
The death toll from cyclone-driven floods and landslides across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra rose to 908 people on Saturday, with over 400 listed as missing, government data showed. The disaster has also claimed around 200 lives in southern Thailand and Malaysia. Indonesia’s environment ministry has suspended operations at mining and hydropower firms blamed for worsening the floods through deforestation.
The death toll from cyclone-driven floods and landslides across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra rose to 908 people on Saturday, with over 400 listed as missing, government data showed. The disaster has also claimed around 200 lives in southern Thailand and Malaysia. Indonesia’s environment ministry has suspended operations at mining and hydropower firms blamed for worsening the floods through deforestation.
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