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Flood-hit Sumatra students still studying in tents two months after disaster
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Children in parts of Sumatra are still studying in tents months after floods struck the Indonesian island.
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JAKARTA – Two months after devastating floods struck Sumatra, many children in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh provinces are still studying in tents under difficult conditions as clean-up and repair work at damaged schools drag on.
Mr Ramiannum Tambunan, head of State Elementary School (SDN) 155678 Hutanabolon 2 in Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, said 165 students at the school have been forced to attend classes in temporary tents because the school buildings remain filled with mud after the floods.
