Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid following floods

JAKARTA/MEDAN – With fatalities from the

hydrometeorological disaster in Sumatra

approaching 1,000 and numerous regions still struggling to receive aid, questions are growing over whether the government can manage the situation without international assistance.

Two weeks have passed since

flash floods and landslides

triggered by a rare tropical cyclone first struck Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, leaving a devastating impact on residents and infrastructure in the northern tip of the island.