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 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia rushed tents, food and other emergency aid to flood-ravaged parts of Sumatra island on Monday, and the United Nations pledged $2 million for survivors.
Soldiers loaded the aid into a military cargo plane in the capital, Jakarta.
It will be distributed by helicopters because the floods — triggered by days of heavy rain — have washed away roads and bridges in the worst hit areas in eastern Aceh province, said Syamsul Maarif, the executive director of the National Coordination Body for Disaster Response.
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