Overview
- Authorities report at least 69 dead and 59 missing after a week of torrential monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides across multiple Sumatran provinces.
- North Sumatra has the highest toll, including recoveries in South Tapanuli and Sibolga, while additional fatalities were confirmed in West Sumatra and Aceh, where tens of thousands were displaced.
- Roads, bridges, power and telecommunications are down in hard-hit areas such as Sibolga and Central Tapanuli, forcing aid deliveries by helicopter and slowing searches.
- Indonesia’s meteorological agency links the extreme rainfall to an unusual Cyclone Senyar interacting with regional systems, with further downpours forecast in the coming days.
- The national disaster agency has opened shelters, deployed heavy equipment and plans cloud seeding to limit rainfall over search zones as officials warn the death toll could rise.