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Over Five Hundred Reported Dead in Indonesia’s Sumatra Disaster
(MENAFN) Catastrophic flooding and landslides ravaging three provinces across Sumatra Island have now claimed 502 lives, with 508 individuals unaccounted for, Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) announced Monday.
"Rescue operations are continuing at full speed across affected areas, the agency said," according to official statements.
The natural disaster has forced approximately 550,000 residents to flee their homes throughout North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh provinces, the BNPB reported. Severely damaged roadways and crippled communication infrastructure have rendered multiple disaster zones unreachable by ground transport, compelling authorities to deploy aerial supply drops for stranded communities.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared Monday that emergency response teams are mobilizing maximum resources for rescue and humanitarian operations.
The president emphasized that the nation must develop robust climate adaptation strategies, calling on regional administrations to assume expanded responsibilities in ecological preservation and disaster preparedness initiatives to combat increasingly severe weather patterns threatening the archipelago.
"Rescue operations are continuing at full speed across affected areas, the agency said," according to official statements.
The natural disaster has forced approximately 550,000 residents to flee their homes throughout North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh provinces, the BNPB reported. Severely damaged roadways and crippled communication infrastructure have rendered multiple disaster zones unreachable by ground transport, compelling authorities to deploy aerial supply drops for stranded communities.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared Monday that emergency response teams are mobilizing maximum resources for rescue and humanitarian operations.
The president emphasized that the nation must develop robust climate adaptation strategies, calling on regional administrations to assume expanded responsibilities in ecological preservation and disaster preparedness initiatives to combat increasingly severe weather patterns threatening the archipelago.
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