Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Chair of House Commission I (DPR), Utut Adianto, proposed that the government should establish a ministry dedicated to integrated disaster management

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia is urging the government to revoke the permits of companies suspected of damaging Sumatra's forests and river basins, which worsened the se

Apriadi Gunawan and Theresia Sufa, Medan – The Environment Ministry has temporarily halted the operations of four companies working in the upstream Batang Toru river basin area followin

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Members of the Indonesian diaspora in Singapore have voiced frustration over what they describe as restrictive rules on delivering aid to victims of the

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – A study by the Research Center for Environmental Studies (PPLH) at IPB University's International Research Institute for Climate Change has shown that most of J

Jakarta – Floods and landslides struck several districts in South Nias regency in North Sumatra on Thursday, after heavy rain and strong winds lashed the region.

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Indonesia has temporarily suspended all timber extraction and log transportation in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra after flash floods and landslides kill

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Environmental group Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) is calling on the government to take tougher action against companies accused of contributi

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has identified companies in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra that have caused damage to forests and river

Radhiyya Indra and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan – Suffering through days without clean water or proper medical care, evacuees packed into emergency shelters across three provinces in

Fia Hamid-Walker – Heavy rainfall in Sumatra on 23 November caused landslides and flash floods three days later, with widespread loss of life.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has formally delivered a legal notice urging President Prabowo Subianto to declare the catastrophic floods and landslides that h

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The chair of the Regional Representative Council (DPD), Sultan Bachtiar Najamuddin, backs President Prabowo Subianto's decision to hold back from accepting fo

Jakarta – Blaming nature for the deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra is not going to take us very far beyond stating the obvious and long held wisdom that, if we cannot beat nature,

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has identified companies in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra as having caused damage to forests and river watersheds covering as muc

Jakarta – For politicians without empathy, disaster locations are nothing more than content for their social media.

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David Akana, North Sumatra, Indonesia – Indonesia's environment ministry on Dec.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's electricity company PLN continues to accelerate the restoration of the electrical system in Aceh following flash floods and landslides that damaged

Dian Fiantis, Budiman Minasny and Frisa Irawan Ginting, The Conversation – Cyclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November.

Jakarta – Dompet Dhuafa, a Muslim alms organization, recently held a charity concert "Together for Sumatar" at M Bloc Live House and M Bloc Space to gather support for the disaster-hit

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – The government has sealed seven forestry-related facilities in North Sumatra as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal logging and forest encroachment followin

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The catastrophic Sumatra floods and landslides have killed at least 950 people, according to data by the national disaster authorities BNPB as of Monday at

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Environment and Forestry, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, has inspected corporate operations in the Batang Toru and Garoga Buntu watersheds t

Jakarta – Hats off to the people who have acted on their own initiative to help the victims of the disaster in Sumatra. They are volunteers in the truest sense of the word.

Andrea Hosana, Jakarta – A hundred Indonesian musicians have joined forces to launch Heal Sumatra, a humanitarian concert aimed at supporting victims of recent disasters across the isla

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Governor of Aceh, Muzakir Manaf, confirmed that the region is receptive to foreign assistance in the aftermath of the flash floods and landslides that stru

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – Major General Freddy Ardiansyah, Head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Information Center, has clarified a circulating video regarding the attempted

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) has released a detailed mapping of forest concession permits owned by PT Tusam Hutani Lestari, a comp

Tempo, Jakarta – Indonesia's PT Pertamina (Persero) announced that as many as 688 fuel stations, or 98 percent of the total stations in the disaster-affected areas in Aceh, North Sumatr

Mei Leandha, Jakarta – The Governor of North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution, estimates that the total damage caused by the recent flash floods and landslides across 17 regencies and cities has

Martin Bagya Kertiyasa, Jakarta – Early government estimates show that Indonesia will need to spend around Rp 51.82 trillion (approximately $3.1 billion) to recover the disaster-induced

Andrew Tito, Jakarta – South Aceh Regent Mirwan may be dismissed from office after traveling for Umrah while his district was under a state of emergency due to devastating floods and la

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The Presidium of the Indonesian Caucus for Academic Freedom (KIKA), Herdiansyah Hamzah, has stated that a series of government officials' statements regarding the

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia's Minister of Elementary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti revealed that nearly 3,000 schools were damaged by ecological disasters across Ac

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Jakarta – The government has begun investigating the alleged involvement of several companies in environmental damage that triggered floods in Sumatra.

Vinnilya Huanggrio, Jakarta – Recent floods and landslides in Sumatra are a sign that Indonesia can no longer claim to be beyond the reach of tropical cyclones, a climate expert has war

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto departed for the province of Aceh on Sunday morning, December 7, 2025 to observe the handling of floods that have stru

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) reported the death toll due to floods and landslides in three provinces of Sumatra, Indonesia, until Sunday, De

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Trend Asia has stated that the disappearance of millions of hectares of forest in Sumatra is linked to the issuance of forest use permits over the past decade.

Agencies, Aceh Tamiang – Residents in Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The death toll from massive flooding across Indonesia's Sumatra island climbed to 883, with 520 people still missing, according to updated figures released S

Didi Agung Eko Purnomo – Amid public scrutiny of the flash floods and landslides that have hit Sumatra, President Prabowo Subianto has once again emphasised the importance of palm oil f

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has identified several key activities contributing to the worsening floods in Sumatra, particularly in South Tapa

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Indonesian environmental groups warn that the deadly flash floods and landslides that struck Aceh in late November 2025 are not isolated disasters, but part of

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Deadly floods and landslides across northern Sumatra have intensified public scrutiny of extractive industries, with environmental groups warning that years of we

Cut Mery, Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The regent of South Aceh, Mirwan MS, traveled to Saudi Arabia for an umrah pilgrimage without receiving the required clearance from Aceh Governor Muz

Jakarta – We call on President Prabowo Subianto to reconsider the status of the catastrophic floods in Sumatra.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni is planning to revoke the Forest Utilization Business Permit (PBPH) owned by 20 companies managing a total of 750,

Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Jakarta – On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the Bandung Barat region in West Java, Indonesia, was hit by severe weather, including heavy rain and strong winds,