Officials issue warning after extreme weather destroys key food crop: 'Widespread ... disasters'

Officials issue warning after extreme weather destroys key food crop: 'Widespread ... disasters'

Extreme flooding has put three Indonesian provinces — Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra — at risk of crop failure, according to BPS-Statistics Indonesia. What's happening? Last November, Southeast Asia was struck by torrential downpours and deadly floods, displacing and killing thousands, The New York Times reported. In some Indonesian regions, these floods have had far-reaching effects. Rice-planting conditions in Aceh, North Sumatra, and W…