"The death toll from floods and landslides on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra this week has risen to 174, a disaster official said, with about 80 more people still missing, as a punishing tropical storm system and heavy monsoon rains have battered the region. As of this afternoon, we have recorded that for the entire North Sumatra province, there have been 116 deaths and 42 people are still being searched for, National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) chief Suharyanto announced on Friday."
"Residents in Sumatra's Padang Pariaman region, where a total of 22 people died, had to cope with water levels at least 1 metre (3.3ft) high, and had still not been reached by search and rescue personnel on Friday. In the town of Batang Toru, in northern Sumatra, residents on Friday buried seven unclaimed victims in a mass grave. The decomposing bodies, wrapped in black plastic, were lifted from the back of a truck onto a wide plot of land as onlookers covered their noses."
Heavy monsoon rains and a tropical storm battered western Sumatra, causing floods and landslides that killed 174 people and left 79 missing while displacing thousands of families. North Sumatra reported 116 deaths and 42 people still being searched for; Aceh recorded 35 fatalities and West Sumatra 23. Padang Pariaman saw 22 deaths and water levels of at least one metre, with some areas still unreachable by search teams. In Batang Toru seven unclaimed victims were buried in a mass grave. Communications and power remain down in parts of the island, roads are blocked by landslide debris, and authorities are airlifting aid and rescuers.
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