Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec. 7 -- Survivors of the flash floods and landslides in Balee Panah Village, Bireuen District, Aceh, expressed hope that President Prabowo Subianto will provide housing assistance after losing their homes.

"Now we don't know where to live; our house is gone. Please help us, even with a simple shelter," said one survivor, Sulamunhadi (51), in Bireuen on Sunday.

He conveyed his plea from his evacuation tent shortly after President Prabowo visited the area and distributed aid to displaced residents.

At the evacuation site, Prabowo greeted evacuees and even sampled the simple meal served in the tent, which consisted of fried fish.

Sulamunhadi said his house, once standing on the bank of the Teupin Mane River, is now on...