Rescue workers in Indonesia are struggling to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and floods, and authorities fear the confirmed death toll of 248 will rise furthe

On Thursday, Indonesia was rattled by a powerful earthquake of 6.6 magnitude near Aceh province on Sumatra island. As the seven-minute-long quake is estimated to be 25.4 kilometers deep, there’s no tsunami warning issued.

Indonesia and Sri Lanka hit hardest as climate change-boosted monsoon flooding wreaks havoc across Southeast Asian nations.

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off western Indonesia's Sumatra Island on Thursday, which has been ravaged by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Percolating downwards, the extra water eventually found its way into a major fault zone that slices through the 12km-long (7-mile) Mont Blanc Road Tunnel, lubricating it and causing it to shift sufficiently to trigger a burst of low-level seismic activity.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, the country’s geophysics agency said. The tremors came from 10 kilometres deep inside the earth. As of yet, no tsunami alert has been sounded.

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