{"id":4285,"date":"2025-12-04T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2025-12-04T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:31:49","slug":"survivors-recall-terror-of-landslides-from-north-sumatra-cyclone-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4285","title":{"rendered":"Survivors recall terror of landslides from North Sumatra cyclone | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/45_jessica_w-1688021244.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 4 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">4 Dec 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><strong>North Tapanuli, North Sumatra \u2013<\/strong> Sri Yuni Pardede, 20, was with her family at home when a thunderous crash jolted them awake at 2:30am (09:30 GMT). \u201cMy mother-in-law said it was just thunder. I said, \u2018No, the house is shaking.\u2019 Not long after, boulders came crashing down,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy younger sibling was staying over. When the landslide happened, I kicked him to wake him up. If we had all been sleeping, we would have died in that house.\u201d Grabbing her daughter, Eleanor, Sri fled to the nearby church. From the hilltop, they watched in horror as another landslide completely destroyed their home.<\/p>\n<p>For a week now, the family has taken refuge at the church alongside hundreds of other displaced victims. The cyclone-triggered floods and landslides have killed at least 770 people, according to government data, with 463 people still missing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPraise God, we were all saved. Our belongings can be replaced, what matters is that the children and everyone else survived,\u201d she said. The trauma, however, lingers. \u201cWhenever I hear a sound, like a door opening or closing, I get scared. Any loud noise shocks me. On our first day at the church, I heard the noise of a helicopter. I screamed; \u2018We\u2019re going to die!\u2019 I nearly fainted because I thought it was another landslide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sri hopes for government assistance with relocation. \u201cWe cannot return there. We don\u2019t want to live there any more. We are too traumatised,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 4 Dec 20254 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share North Tapanuli, North Sumatra \u2013 Sri Yuni Pardede, 20, was with her family at home when a thunderous crash jolted them awake at 2:30am (09:30 GMT). \u201cMy mother-in-law said it was just thunder. 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