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At least 27 people die and many others disappear after heavy floods and landslides in Sumatra, Indonesia.
2018-10-13

In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
2016-09-19

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts, killing at least six people in Sumatra.
2016-05-22

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

Seventeen students are killed and five injured when a truck carrying them to school overturns on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
2015-05-28

A landslide in the Indonesian island of Sumatra kills at least 4 people with 18 missing.
2013-01-27

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra with one man dying while fleeing his home.
2012-07-25

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near the Mentawai Islands, but tsunami warnings for western Sumatra proved unwarranted.
2010-10-25

Forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, cause a thick haze to drift over Singapore.
2010-10-22

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
2010-04-7