December 12, 2025 | 11:02 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported nearly 1,000 deaths in the Sumatra floods. The agency's data recorded in the emergency flood and landslide response geoportal dashboard for Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, the death toll reached 990 people as of Thursday, December 11, 2025.
The details noted 407 fatalities in Aceh, 240 in West Sumatra, and 343 in North Sumatra. BNPB reported 969 fatalities the previous day, on December 10.
The number of missing persons across the three provinces decreased slightly from 262 to 222. The highest number of missing persons was in North Sumatra with 98, followed by 31 in Aceh, and 93 in West Sumatra.
The total number of injured victims in the three provinces exceeded 5,400.
Previously, BNPB also reported a decrease in the number of evacuees. On Monday, December 8, 2025, there were 1,057,482 evacuees. The next day, the number decreased to 894,101.
"Today's provincial recapitulation data shows 894,101 evacuees," said the Head of Data and Information Center of BNPB, Abdul Muhari, in a press conference streamed on BNPB's YouTube channel on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
According to Abdul, the decline in evacuees occurred in North Aceh Regency. On Sunday, December 7, 2025, there were 316,634 evacuees. The next day, the number decreased to 299,506, then to 166,920 on Tuesday.
The national search and rescue agency, Basarnas, also reported the number of flood-related deaths in Sumatra. On Monday, Basarnas reported a higher death toll at 974 compared to BNPB, caused by differences in the identification methods of the bodies.
Basarnas head Air Marshal TNI Mohammad Syafii, said in a working meeting with DPR on Monday that the search for victims in the second week after the disaster was challenging. The bodies of the missing victims were difficult to identify due to changes in their physical structures.
Sultan Abdurrahman contributed to the writing of this article.
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