Indonesia Floods: One Million Evacuated And Over 700 Dead
The floods in Indonesia’s Sumatra island has displaced over three million people with 2,600 injured and 504 are missing. Tropical cyclones and heavy monsoon rains this week have devastated many parts of the Asian continent including Indonesia, Sri Lanka and southern Thailand. More than 1,300 people have died across the region, and infrastructure and towns have been destroyed.
A man cleans his house at a village affected by flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Binsar Bakkara
A flood survivor carries a mat as she cleans up her house at a village affected by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Binsar Bakkara
A woman stands inside her flooded house in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
Survivors walk past logs swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Binsar Bakkara
Volunteers distribute relief goods to survivors at a village affected by flash flood in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
Crew unload relief goods from a national disaster mitigation agency's helicopter during an aerial aid distribution in a flood affected area in North Aceh, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
People who are affected by floods queue up for fuel at a gas station in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
Flood survivors sift through donated clothing in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
Flood survivors receive relief goods during an aerial aid distribution using national disaster mitigation agency's helicopter in North Aceh, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
This aerial photo taken from a national disaster mitigation agency's helicopter during an aerial aid distribution shows an area affected by floods in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia. | Photo: AP/Reza Saifullah
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