Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency reported on the 2nd that recent floods and landslides in the three provinces of Sumatra have killed 712 people and 507 are missing. Search and rescue operations are still being stepped up in various regions. Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said that the floods have forced the displacement of about 1.1 million people in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh. Although helicopters and boats have been put to the rescue, bad weather and damage to infrastructure continued to slow the rescue progress.

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency reported on the 2nd that recent floods and landslides in the three provinces of Sumatra have killed 712 people and 507 are missing. Search and rescue operations are still being stepped up in various regions. Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said that the floods have forced the displacement of about 1.1 million people in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh. Although helicopters and boats have been put to the rescue, bad weather and damage to infrastructure continued to slow the rescue progress.