By Rhett Ayers Butler Indonesia’s government has been at pains to stress that the recent catastrophe in Sumatra was triggered by a rare meteorological event. Cyclone Senyar formed in the Malacca ...

Cyclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November. In Indonesia, the island of Sumatra, especially its northern parts, took the worst hit. The storm set off flash floods and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was joy for a team of experts from Indonesia and the U.K. as they found a rare plant in a rainforest in Sumatra.

Conservationists warn that food and water shortages could further threaten the elephants’ survival, while toxic smoke could cause physiological stress.

More rain threated Indonesia’s flood-ravaged island of Sumatra, where an official said starvation threated to raise the death toll – Copyright AFP AMANDA JUFRIAN ...

Environmentalists say that the flash floods and landslides in Sumatra have been worsened by years of logging linked to mining operations. In this photo released by Indonesia’s disaster management ...

Rescuers recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, bringing the death toll from the incident to nine, officials said.

SIBOLANGIT, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered two more bodies from a tourist bus hit by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia's Sumatra island, bringing the death toll to nine, ...