00:00The Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia
00:28has been hit by a double whammy of cyclone and floods.
00:33The death toll from these natural disasters has already crossed 500
00:38and is expected to rise even further
00:42as the nation comes to terms with the scale of death and destruction.
00:47In several areas, the water has started receding
00:51and survivors are beginning to return home.
00:55If there is anything left to call home,
00:58Parnandi, a resident of Padang, managed to save his life
01:03even as floods and the resulting landslides swept him away,
01:08along with his house and his entire village.
01:12Now, as he returns to what once was his locality,
01:16all he finds is complete destruction.
01:19He still recalls how he was carried away by the raging waters
01:24trapped under a collapsing house, yet somehow miraculously survived.
01:30When we were there, we were running out of the water.
01:35We were running out of the water.
01:36We were running out of the water.
01:37All the people came to the water.
01:39That's the point that came from the water.
01:41Then I was ruling out and shut it down to the bottom, with the discharge I tried to handle it, in the air
02:02I was holding it, I was holding it, and I was holding it.
02:08I was holding it, and I was holding it.
02:11I was holding it, and I was holding it.
02:16I was holding it for 3 hours.
02:19I was holding it for 3 hours.
02:21Rosmina, from Tapunuli in Naught, Sumatra,
02:24is now forced to wade through knee-deep mud
02:28just to reach her home and assess the damage the floods have left behind.
02:33She remembers vividly the terror of that first violent rush of flood water
02:39and how residents scrambled desperately to save their lives.
02:44Rosmina hopes the government will step in
02:47and help them stand back on their feet after the havoc unleashed.
02:53Tiba-tiba ada orang lari dari kebun sana.
02:55Lari, ayo lari, lari, lari, lari.
02:57Udah datang itu air besar, katanya gitu.
02:59Jadi saya langsung lari kan.
03:01Lari, nyelamatkan anakku.
03:03Keluar dari rumah ini, nyelamatkan anakku.
03:06Anakku udah segini, udah selutup mereka air dari rumah ini.
03:09Ya harapannya ke depan mudah-mudahan pemerintahan ya lebih cepatlah
03:13membantu kami.
03:16Terutamanya kan untuk anak sekolah, kasihan nanti terlalu lama.
03:20Nggak sekolah gitu.
03:22Kalau rumah, ya udah nggak ada lagi.
03:24In Langkattu, similar scenes unfolded as floodwaters barged into homes,
03:31sweeping away people, belongings, entire lives.
03:36Atika, a young female survivor, ruse the loss of her savings
03:41and the important documents washed away in the chaos.
03:44She remains haunted both by the disaster
03:48and by the stagnant water that refuses to fully recede.
03:53Banyak juga lah uang, ya karena uang hilang dompet.
03:57Ada juga berkes-berkes penting juga ada yang hilang.
04:00Udah itu, apa lah, banyak juga lah yang hilang.
04:05Kayak kereta juga udah rusak, motor juga, mobil juga udah terendam.
04:10Dampaknya bang, itulah tadi rumah tenggelam.
04:13Kita sudah lima hari, lima malam ini.
04:16Entah, nggak tau lagi lah kita kan.
04:19Sebagian kampung dah tenggelam.
04:22Duit pun nggak laku.
04:23Duit pun nggak laku. Bantuan pun belum masuk nih bang.
04:25Serius. Udah lima hari, lima malam, cuaca terang di kampung kami semakin naik.
04:30The rains have moved on and most of the floodwaters have drained away.
04:36But the disaster has left behind a trail of devastation and deep trauma for those who survived.
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