At least 37 people, including several children, have been killed and more than a dozen others are missing after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides in Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, reported news agency AFP citing a local disaster official on Sunday (May 12).

Death toll rises to 37 as flash floods and cold lava flow hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Indonesia's Sumatra island faced tragedy as torrential rains triggered flash floods and a landslide, claiming at least 10 lives and leaving 10 individuals missing, according to officials on Saturday (March 9).

10 dead, 10 missing as flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island

Four Australian and two Indonesian surfers were found alive after their boat vanished Sunday (August 13) off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Reuters reported that one of the Indonesian crew members was still missing.

Watch: Authorities rescue Australian surfers off Indonesia coast missing for 38 hours

Indonesia's earthquake-sensitive Sumatra Island was hit by an earthquake of a devastating scale on Monday, April 4. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami warning from Indonesia's geophysics agency.

Indonesia: Sumatra Island hit by 7.3 earthquake, tsunami warning issued

A 6.2- magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, with residents sent fleeing from their homes. According to news agency Reuters, at least seven people were killed and dozens injured.

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra island, at least 7 killed

Two children are among three people confirmed killed by a landslide at a Chinese-backed power plant on Indonesia's Sumatra island, authorities said Friday, with fears that the toll would rise.

Indonesia landslide kills three, more missing

The illegal hunters in Indonesia are threatening Sumatra's tigers and other endangered species so a unique team of female rangers in the country are on the mission they are battling and protecting the wildlife of Sumatra Island

Indonesia's female rangers protect wildlife in Sumatra Island

At least four people have died and dozens more are missing after an Indonesian fishing boat sunk off the coast of Borneo island, according to media reports citing a local official.

Four dead, dozens missing in Indonesian boat sinking: Report

At least 10 people are dead and eight are missing after days of heavy rain-triggered floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, authorities said Sunday.

At least 10 dead, thousands displaced after severe Indonesia floods

Two teenagers were whipped in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday after they were caught cuddling in public — a crime under the conservative region's Islamic law.

Indonesia's Aceh whips teens for public cuddling

At least 22 people have died and many are missing after heavy rain unleashed flash floods and landslides in western Indonesia, an official said Saturday. Heavy downpours since Wednesday triggered flooding and landslides that hit several districts on Sumatra island.

At least 22 dead in Indonesia floods and landslides

Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island, which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016, spewed the thick plume after activity picked up recent days

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung spews massive smoke-and-ash column

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