More than 1,170 lives have been lost as floods hit North Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Aceh, leaving communities in crisis.


Jessica Washington is an Asia Correspondent based out of the Jakarta bureau. She has reported on the measles outbreak in Samoa, the bushfires in Austr...alia, the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia, as well as various natural disasters. She joined Al Jazeera in 2019. Follow her on Twitter @jeswashington
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