A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004 killed more than 230,000 people in 12 countries on the Indian Ocean. Many of the deaths were on the island of Sumatra.

BANGKOK: Three mild earthquakes, with magnitudes ranging from 4.6 to 5.2, were recorded in the sea off Sumatra Island, Indonesia, on Friday (July 4), according to the Thai Meteorological Department.

Karo: Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday.

Earlier this week, 20 people died from flash floods and landslides at four locations in the mountains of North Sumatra province, including in Karo regency, which is less than 20 kilometers (12 ...

Muji Ediyanto of the North Sumatra Regional Police said in a video message distributed by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency on Thursday that some vehicles and their passengers remained ...