National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas)

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Deadly landslide buries village on Mount Burangrang

Leading search and rescue operations

A predawn landslide hit Pasir Langu village on Mount Burangrang at 2 a.m. on January 24, 2026, burying 34-48 houses and a marine training camp under up to 8 meters of mud while residents slept. At least 85 people died, including 23 members of Indonesia's elite marine force conducting border patrol training.[1][2][7]

Updated May 23

Sumatra’s megaflood: cyclone Senyar, deforestation, and a $3.1 billion rebuild

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Leads largest SAR deployment of 2024–2025 in Sumatra

In late November 2025, Cyclone Senyar struck Sumatra, unleashing days of extreme rainfall that triggered catastrophic floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. The disaster killed at least 950 people, left 274 missing, injured thousands, and displaced about a million people—one of Southeast Asia's deadliest recent climate disasters.

Updated May 10