More than 100 people were killed by floods in Indonesia

According to an official source from Indonesia, heavy rain caused floods and landslides that killed more than 100 people in the country since Dec. 22.

'We have collected 60 bodies from Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh Province,' Ghufran Zainal Abidin, a local official, told AFP news agency from the worst affected area in Aceh province. 'Aceh Tamiyang is flooded now and we can only travel by boat'.

Heavy rains over the weekend caused floods across Sumatra, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. The military and the Indonesian Red Cross are rushing to bring aid to the region.

In response to this situation, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked regional government officials to increase emergency response, evacuation and protection of flood-affected victims. The United Nations also said it would spend $ 2 million for emergency relief to Aceh.

Meanwhile in southern neighboring Malaysia, nearly 90,000 people are also forced to leave their homes due to flooding - the worst in more than 100 years. According to the initial report, 7 people were killed.

Officials say indiscriminate deforestation has caused heavy rain and flooding (Photo: EPA)

* Indonesian scientists also issued a warning: tsunamis could repeat within the next few decades. They forecast a large and densely populated coast of Sumatra island, located to the south where the tsunami occurred, will be crushed by another giant wall of water.

The evacuation routes of 900,000 people living in this low town are beginning to be mapped out, but authorities fear that more than 60,000 people will die, unable to run away from aggressive waves even when they are sighted. report early and run away once disaster strikes.

The warning was based on a 10-year study by the famous American geologist Kerry Sieh and a group of other scientists in the break position that caused the tsunami in 2004. Conclusion His essay has been shared by many scientists in universities and other research institutes around the world.

On the morning of December 26, 2004, an unprecedented strong earthquake in 40 years caused a devastating tsunami in the area around the Indian Ocean, affecting 12 countries. The worst-hit countries include Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. Particularly, Sumatra island of Indonesia has nearly 230,000 people dead and missing in this disaster.

Some pictures of floods in Indonesia

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