December 23, 2025 | 10:32 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) recorded the number of casualties due to the Sumatra flood disaster in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, reaching more than 1,100 people. Based on BNPB data as of December 23, 2025, 1,106 people died from 52 districts/cities in the three provinces. Meanwhile, 175 people are still reported missing.
The majority of the casualties were in Aceh with 477 deaths from 18 districts/cities affected. Then, North Sumatra with 369 deaths in 18 districts/cities, followed by West Sumatra with 260 deaths in 16 affected districts/cities. The total number of injured victims reached 7,000.
The number of damaged houses in the three provinces reached 158,088. The province of Aceh suffered the most house damage with 115,678 houses damaged.
As of today, 1,600 public facilities are damaged, including 219 health facilities, 967 educational facilities, 434 places of worship, 290 buildings or offices, and 145 bridges.
Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian urged local governments to immediately conduct detailed data collection on disaster-affected residents. He said that the data collection is necessary to expedite the distribution of aid and compensation from the central government.
"For (lightly and moderately) damaged houses, I urge the Mayor, Regent, Governor to immediately gather the residents and their addresses, by name by address, so that they can promptly be compensated by the central government," said Tito during a visit to the city of Sibolga, North Sumatra, as quoted from a press release on Sunday, December 21, 2025.
Tito stated that the construction of permanent residences for residents whose houses were severely damaged or lost is the responsibility of the state. He said that the central government will rebuild the residents' houses through a mutual cooperation scheme across ministries.
At the initial stage, the government will construct 200 permanent housing units in Sibolga gradually and continuously. "The severely damaged and lost houses are the responsibility of the state to rebuild," he said, in the presence of the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Maruarar Sirait.
Flash floods and landslides struck three provinces in Sumatra. These provinces are Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The construction of permanent residences in Sibolga is part of the post-disaster recovery program coordinated by the Ministry of PUPR. The government targets the initial construction of 2,600 permanent housing units in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.
Dani Aswara contributed to the writing of this article.
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