Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies and possible survivors after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

More than 300 people on Indonesia's western island of Sumatra have died in torrential rain and rain-triggered disasters.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Indonesia's Simeulue Island off North Sumatra on Thursday (Nov 27) afternoon at 12.56pm. According to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG),

Indonesia has sent reinforcements to a National Park on Sumatra island after a forestry task force command post was destroyed in response to palm oil plantation seizures, the Forestry Ministry said on Tuesday.

At least 10 people have died after torrential rain unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Six others are missing as rescue teams struggle to reach affected areas in North Sumatra province after the monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks.