Indonesia Floods and Landslides Kill 1,003; 1.2 Million Displaced

Overview

• The national disaster agency reports 1,003 deaths, 218 people missing, and more than 5,400 injured.
• Roughly 1.2 million residents are living in temporary shelters across the hardest-hit areas of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh.
• Relief teams continue to reopen blocked roads and reach isolated communities following weeks of severe weather.
• President Prabowo Subianto toured evacuation sites and said conditions are acceptable and food supplies sufficient.
• Officials face criticism for declining to declare a national catastrophe or request foreign aid, with early reconstruction costs estimated at nearly 52 billion rupiah.