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Two weeks after government and law enforcement leaders vowed to crack down on illegal gold mining in the semiautonomous Indonesian province of Aceh, local communities on the ground say excavators are ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: Indonesian Government's Swift Response in Recovering Flood-hit Sumatra
JAKARTA, Dec 10, 2025 - (ACN Newswire) - Devastating flash floods and landslides struck three provinces in Sumatra - Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra - in late November. According to data from ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: Indonesia's death toll rises to 67 from Sumatra floods, 20 still missing
TANAH DATAR, Indonesia, May 16 (Reuters) - In tears, Yose Rizal, 43, placed flowers on the graves of his sister and niece, who died during the intense flooding in Indonesia's West Sumatra province.
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: After Deadly Floods in Sumatra, Indonesia Moves Against Polluters
When torrential rains triggered floods and landslides across three provinces in Sumatra late last year, entire villages were swept away, more than 1,200 people were killed and forests upstream ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: Indonesia intensifies aerial firefighting as wildfire haze spreads to Malaysia
Indonesia has intensified ground and aerial firefighting operations as forest and peatland fires fueled by El Nino-driven drought and a prolonged dry season scorched tens of thousands of hectares, ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: More than 800 students and teachers in Indonesia suffer food poisoning after eating government free meals
Hundreds of students fall ill in three seperate incidents in Java and Sumatra this week as criticism of president’s flagship program grows ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 248
AGAM, Indonesia — Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami, and authorities feared the confirmed death ...
News Indonesia » West Sumatra » Government: Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal logging
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Several days of extreme rainfall beginning March 7 triggered fatal flash flooding across Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, resulting in at least ...