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The storm battered north-west Indonesia, unleashing days of heavy rain that triggered flash floods and landslides that have killed at least 800 people.
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Hasya Nindita, Rin Hindryati and Sui-Lee Wee
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YOGYAKARTA – It poured for three straight days last week on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. One area in Aceh province got 40cm of rain in a day. Ensuing floods wiped out four villages. Farther south, the deluge brought an unexpected danger: log after log of timber.
Untold numbers of logs and other debris crashed into residential areas in North Sumatra province after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in Indonesia on Dec 3.
