IN PHOTOS | Indonesia: Sumatran elephants assist in clearing debris as flood toll in Aceh reaches 950

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In flood-affected areas, officials reported severe shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll climbed to 950 following weeks of heavy rainfall. PIC/ AFP

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A mahout riding a Sumatran elephant helps clear tree debris following flash floods in Meureudu

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Aceh Tamiang became the hardest-hit area in Aceh province, and infrastructure lay in ruins

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Entire villages in the lush hills district were submerged beneath a thick blanket of mud

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More than 2.6 lakh residents had fled homes that once sat on green farmland

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Trucks carrying relief supplies crawled along roads connecting North Sumatra’s Medan city to Aceh Tamiang, which had reopened almost a week after the disaster, but distribution was slowed by debris on the roads, said National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari