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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the Indonesian National Police, along with the Directorate General of Law Enforcement of the Ministry o

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

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

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,

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is not accepting foreign aid for now as it remains confident that it can deal with the aftermath of the catastrophic Sumatra floods on its own.

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

Agencies, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military stepped up its relief efforts in three provinces on Sumatra island that have been devastated by deadly floods and landslides, and Vice Presid

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Clothes and jackets are hanging on the fences around the houses in the village of Matang Maneh, Jambo Aye, Aceh Regency, Indonesia, on Wednesday, December

Antara, Jakarta – Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Chair of the National Economic Council (DEN), has formally denied any involvement or ownership in PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL), a company cited

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Center of Economics and Law Studies (Celios) is urging the government to immediately impose a moratorium on mining permits and palm oil plantation expansi

Wahyu Majiah, Delfi Neski, Zhulfakar, Aceh/W – Sumatra/N. Sumatra.

Tommy Pardede – The flash floods that hit a number of areas in Aceh over the last few days have received considerable attention from the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam).

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will revoke the permits of 20 companies accused of causing large-scale environmental damage linked to catastrophic floods and landsli

Jakarta – The Fossil of the Day award for the Indonesian delegation in the final days of the COP30 climate change summit in Belem, Brazil on November 15, 2025 showed the face of Indones

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite captured the scale of the deadly floods engulfing parts of Aceh, offering one of the clearest visual confirmations ye

Antara, BeritaSatu, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported on Tuesday night that 744 people have been killed and 551 remain missing in the floods and landslid

Dani Aswara, Jakarta – The distribution of aid for flood and landslide victims in Sumatra has come under scrutiny.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Wet paddy was spread out on blue tarps along the road connecting Lhoksumawe city to North Aceh Regency, Sumatra, on Wednesday afternoon, December 3, 2025,

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry will summon several companies suspected of contributing to the deadly flash floods and landslides in North Suma

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The death toll from cyclonic rains-induced floods and landslides in the island of Sumatra has climbed to at least 753, according to the latest available da

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The floods and landslides in Sumatra signify two things: the unavoidable impact of the climate crisis and the long-standing environmental destruction.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has confirmed it has not yet opened channels for other countries to provide financial assistance for handling the extensive disaster

Ilham Oktafian, Syifa Aulia, Jakarta – The Environment Ministry will summon eight companies next week over allegations that their role in deforestation contributed to the massive floods

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Refugees affected by flooding in several areas scattered across the Indonesian province of Aceh are still lacking food supplies.

Agencies, Jakarta – Officials battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit Indonesia topped 700.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has not yet declared the flash floods and landslides on Sumatra Island as a national disaster.

Tamaam Alfarizqi and Alfath Asmunda, Tapanuli, North Sumatra/Banda Aceh – In North Sumatra, Rosmina wades into her home through soupy grey-brown mud that reaches her knees, searching fo

Rebecca Ratcliffe – The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 753 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, with 504 people missing.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf dismissed reports of looting in the Bulog warehouses in Central Tapanuli Regency and Sibolga City, Nort