Jakarta, Dec. 18 -- Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is supplying satellite imagery to accelerate disaster response and recovery efforts in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, as floods and landslides disrupt communities across the regions.

BRIN has distributed the imagery to the national disaster agency BNPB and other authorities, including the meteorology agency BMKG and the geospatial agency BIG, BRIN Head Arif Satria said on Thursday.

"Since the disasters began, we have prepared and continuously supplied satellite imagery," Arif said in a statement confirmed in Jakarta, adding the data supports operational decisions in the field.

Arif also outlined the support during a ministerial-level meeting on Wednes...