Villagers receive free sacks of rice from the Indonesian military, distributed amid relief efforts from the government's rice warehouse at Sarudik, in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, on December 3, 2025. - AFP
JAKARTA: Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Wednesday (Dec 3) revised its casualty figures for the floods and landslides in Sumatra, confirming that 770 people have died and 463 remain missing across the three worst-affected provinces.
The updated numbers came after data collected by field teams were re-identified and validated by the integrated command post, correcting earlier figures that appeared on the online dashboard, Abdul Muhari, head of BNPB's Centre for Disaster Data, Information, and Communication, told a press conference.
Muhari noted that several shipments of logistical aid have arrived but remain insufficient, while fuel shortages and limited transportation access continue to hamper evacuation efforts.
He added that weather modification efforts are ongoing to limit extreme rainfall and accelerate evacuation and aid distribution. - Xinhua
