{"id":3774,"date":"2025-11-29T07:19:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2025-11-29T07:19:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:19:23","slug":"indonesia-death-toll-rises-to-248-after-catastrophic-flooding-in-sumatra-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=3774","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia death toll rises to 248 after catastrophic flooding in Sumatra | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people in total across the three countries.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 29 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">29 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Rescue workers in Indonesia are continuing to battle to reach victims in several devastated areas submerged by cyclone-driven torrential rain over the past week, as authorities said the death toll has now reached 248 and would likely continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s National Disaster Management Agency (known as the BNPB) said on Saturday that the number of confirmed casualties following this week\u2019s catastrophic flooding and landslides now stands at 248, with more than 100 people still missing, after rescuers in West Sumatra\u2019s Agam district recovered more bodies.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>More than 500 people have also been injured, the BNPB said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death toll is believed to be increasing, since many bodies are still missing, while many have not been reached,\u201d said Suharyanto, head of the BNPB, who, like many Indonesians, only uses one name.<\/p>\n<p>Updating an initial death toll of 23 for the whole province of Sumatra, West Sumatra Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Ilham Wahab said late on Friday that 61 people had died and 90 were missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total of 75,219 people have been displaced, and a total of 106,806 people have been affected throughout West Sumatra,\u201d Ilham said.<\/p>\n<p>A further 116 people were later confirmed killed in North Sumatra, while in Aceh province the death toll had reached at least 35 people, according to figures released by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Swaths of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with days of torrential rain \u2013 killing about 400 people across the three countries in total \u2013 after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>At least 145 people were confirmed killed across Thailand\u2019s eight southern provinces as of late Friday, while more than 3.5 million people have also been affected by floodwaters. Two people have been killed in neighbouring Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>While the torrential rain finally let up late on Friday, in Indonesia, many people remain missing and thousands of families have been displaced.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy downpours caused rivers to burst their banks in Indonesia\u2019s North Sumatra province, with the deluge tearing through mountainside villages, sweeping people away and submerging thousands of homes and buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Badly hit areas have been largely cut off from rescue teams by damaged roads and downed communications lines, with relief efforts also hampered by collapsed bridges, flooded roads and a lack of heavy moving equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Relief aircraft continue to work to deliver aid and supplies to the hard-hit district of Central Tapanuli in North Sumatra province and others in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have been inundated with cyclone-driven rain for a week, killing about 400 people in total across the three countries. 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