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The toll from the floods in Indonesia increases to 174 people killed and 80 more missing, mainly in North Sumatra.
2025-11-28

Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
2024-11-28

Mount Sinabung in the North Sumatra region of Indonesia begins billowing ash up to 4,500 m into the air. Though not yet erupting, authorities warn of lava flows and an evacuation order is put in place for those living within 5 km of the volcano.
2021-07-28

Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia erupts, spewing 16,000 feet of ash into the air.
2021-03-2

Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts. There are no reports of injuries or fatalities.
2018-02-19

The death toll from the two-mile high Mount Sinabung ash eruption Saturday has risen to seven, with two others in critical condition. All victims were working farms in the village of Gamber in the Karo Regency of North Sumatra, within the volcano's "red zone" that Indonesian authorities have declared off-limits.
2016-07-24

An Indonesian chopper carrying five people lost contact with air traffic control during a flight on North Sumatra, Indonesia.
2015-10-10

Indonesia jails 14 Rohingya asylum seekers for their role in a deadly brawl in a North Sumatra detention centre that claimed 8 lives.
2013-12-5

Over 12,000 people are evacuated in Indonesia's North Sumatra province after Mount Sinabung erupts.
2013-11-24

Nearly 6,000 people flee after Mount Sinabung explodes in Indonesia's North Sumatra province.
2013-09-15