Indonesia's North Sumatra floods leaves at least 24 people dead, thousands displaced

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Floods and landslides in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province have killed at least 24 people, with five others reported missing, as Southeast Asia faces a wave of deadly flooding.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnlinenews, thestartv, the star, indonesia, north sumatra, southeast asia, flood, landslide, storm, heavy rain

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00:00Floods and landslides in Indonesia's North Sumatra province have killed at least 28 people,

00:08while 10 others remain missing, as Southeast Asia faces a wave of deadly flooding.

00:13A tropical cyclone passing over Sumatra Island brought heavy rains that caused rivers to overflow,

00:20triggering floods and landslides across the region.

00:24The hardest-hit areas were Sibolga and Central Tapanuli,

00:28where communications and power lines were cut.

00:31Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency reported that among the dead were members of a single family in Central Tapanuli.

00:38Footage shared by the agency showed fast-flowing floodwaters sweeping through communities,

00:44destroying buildings and infrastructure in their path.

00:47Parts of West Sumatra were also affected by the heavy flooding.

00:51The disaster comes amid a string of extreme weather events in Southeast Asia.

00:56In recent weeks, floods in Thailand and Malaysia have claimed over 30 lives,

01:01submerging hospitals and displacing thousands.

01:05Experts warn that such extreme events may become more frequent due to global warming,

01:10as rising sea surface temperatures intensify tropical storms.

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