JAKARTA - Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Suharyanto said the latest data contained 35 fatalities, 25 missing, and eight injured in the floods and landslides that hit Aceh.
Suharyanto said there were 4,846 families who fled due to the disaster.
"These are all Acehnese regencies and cities, on average, affected," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 28.
He said, to open the cut-off road access, coordinate with the Ministry of Public Works, and use heavy equipment by the joint task force.
"Once again, Aceh just yesterday had a big flood, so of course we need time to return it to its original condition," he said.
In addition, he said, communication networks in Aceh were also disrupted, bringing together 28 Starlink units and generators to facilitate emergency communication.
"Then for logistics distribution, this is continuously, gradually given which has entered the logistics of food, the same as North Sumatra. The details are basic necessities, ready-to-eat food, blankets, mattresses, instant noodles, then generators, and so on," he added.
Assistance from President Prabowo Subianto for Aceh has also arrived using three Herules aircraft.
"The first is 100 sacks of rice, 10 coli oil, 10 boxes of white sugar, 25 boxes of instant noodles, then 28, genset 28, there are 750 instant noodles, 20 LCR, compressor 18, tents, and many more," he said.
He said that there was a lot of assistance from the government for Acehnese, and it would be distributed to those in need.
On that occasion, he mentioned, in floods and landslides in North Sumatra (North Sumatra), West Sumatra (West Sumatra), and Aceh, the worst impact on North Sumatra, especially Central Tapanuli.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto instructed the direct acceleration of disaster management in Sumatra by sending a total of four aircraft that had been dispatched with assistance on a large scale to the three affected provinces.
Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya explained that the plane was deployed on Prabowo's orders which was delivered last night.
"Three Hercules planes, then one A400 aircraft, which arrived earlier this month in the country, to fly to three provinces affected by the disaster," he said.
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