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Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia.
2024-11-25

At least seven people are killed and 85 others are injured by an earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake is felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore.
2022-02-25

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

Seven hikers are killed by a forest fire while climbing Indonesia's Mount Lawu.
2015-10-19

The haze from Indonesian forest fires worsens leaving Singapore and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia covered in smog.
2015-09-22

An overloaded wooden boat with Sumatra-bound migrants sinks off the coast of Malaysia killing at least 15 people, 13 of which are women. Nearby fisherman rescue 19 people with more than 40 missing. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency states that the boat was taking migrant workers home to Tanjung Balai in Indonesia's Sumatra province for the Hari Raya Haji celebration.
2015-09-3

Traveling through thunderstorms over the Java Sea, Flight 8501 loses contact with air traffic control after the plane departed from the Indonesian city of Surabaya en route to Singapore with 162 people on board.
2014-12-28

2013 Southeast Asian haze: Haze from Indonesian forest fires in Sumatra increase air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia to hazardous levels.
2013-06-20

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung continues to erupt with 21,000 people now evacuated from nearby areas of north Sumatra and two people dead.
2010-08-30

Mount Sinabung in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupts. Thousands of people evacuated.[http:--www.thejakartapost.com-news-2010-08-29-mount-sinabung-sumatra-erupts.html (The Jakarta Post)] (Wikinews)
2010-08-28