Starvation fears as flood toll passes 900 in Indonesia

A woman receives medical treatment for a head injury amidst the devastation caused by the flash flood in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh province, on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia's island of Sumatra, the country's disaster management agency said on December 6, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher. -- Photo by YT HARIONO / AFP

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP): Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia's island of Sumatra, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher.

A chain of tropical storms and monsoonal rains has pummelled Southeast and South Asia, triggering landslides and flash floods from the Sumatran rainforest to the highland plantations of Sri Lanka.