Sumatra floods: Over 64,000 evacuees return home as conditions improve


Children bathing in a river near an emergency road to enable travel in the aftermath of recent flash floods in Sumatra that killed over 1,100 people, in Bener Meriah district, Indonesia's Aceh province on Jan 5, 2026. - AFP

JAKARTA: Some 64,021 evacuees from floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces have returned to their homes and original communities since Monday (Jan 12), as conditions on the ground continue to improve.

The number of people still at evacuation centres stands at 131,521.

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