Jakarta, Jan. 1 -- President Prabowo Subianto directed his staff to also focus on schools, hospitals, and community health centers damaged by flash floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, alongside efforts to speed up the construction of shelters for evacuees.

"If possible, schools should also be given attention, along with community health centers and hospitals, to function as quickly as possible," he remarked in a limited meeting in Aceh Tamiang on Thursday.

Prabowo led a limited meeting for the second time on handling the impact of the Sumatra disaster in Aceh, attended by several ministers and officials.

Flash floods and landslides struck several districts and cities in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra ...