Relatives of flood victims await news of loved ones after Indonesia floods kill hundreds

Описание: (30 Nov 2025)
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Bireun district, Aceh, Indonesia - 30 November 2025
1. Search teams traveling along fast-flowing river in boat
2. People standing on partially collapsed bridge due to flooding
3. Various of people placing food and other supplies into baskets on bridge to be sent across on pulley system to relatives on other side of flooded river

Agam district, West Sumatra, Indonesia - 30 November 2025
4. People checking bodies in body bags to identify missing family members
5. Officers moving body bag into ambulance
6. Body bags inside ambulance
7. Various of relatives who have lost family members waiting in grounds of Agam district hospital
8. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ivet Halimah, whose parents are missing after the floods:
“We heard on Thursday night that a flood had struck and our parents’ house was destroyed. We tried to get to the location but couldn’t because the road was blocked and inaccessible. We could only reach the site on Friday."
Q:" What was the condition of the house?"
A: "The house was gone. Buried by a collapsed hillside.”
9. Relatives checking list of deceased victims on whiteboard
10. Various of identified bodies being placed into ambulance to be taken for burial
STORYLINE:
Relatives of flood victims in Indonesia were still awaiting news of loved ones on Sunday.

The floods, which hit Indonesia nearly a week ago, have killed 316 people, authorities said, and displaced thousands.

The number of dead is expected to rise as more bodies are recovered.

The deluges triggered landslides, damaged roads, cut off parts of the island, and downed communication lines.

Challenging weather conditions and the lack of heavy equipment also hampered rescue efforts and aid has been slow to reach hard-hit areas.

In Aceh, a pulley system was set up my local people to send food and aid to the other side of a river after a bridge collapsed in the floods.

Some residents of the island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said on Sunday.

Meanwhile many people were still waiting for news of loved ones.

One woman said her parents house had been swept away in mudslides and they were still unaccounted for.

Eleven helicopters were deployed from Jakarta to the affected areas the day after the disaster for ongoing logistics distribution operations, especially to areas where land access was cut off, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya, said on Sunday.

Four navy ships were also deployed to support aid distribution.

AP video by Reza Syaifullah and Ade Yuandha


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