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Indonesian Air Force personnel preparing to airdrop aid from a military transport aircraft in the flood-affected and isolated Gayo Lues area in Aceh on Dec 7.
PHOTO: AFP
JAKARTA/MEDAN – With fatalities from the weather-related 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.
