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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Indonesia raises death toll to 753 after cyclone brings catastrophic flooding to Sumatra

Indonesia says at least 753 people have died and 504 are missing after floods and landslides tore through several provinces in one of the country’s worst disasters in recent years.

Entire communities in the provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh remained cut off after bridges collapsed, roads were washed away and communication lines failed.

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