- Heavy rainfall has been affecting the southern Sumatra island and the neighbouring western Java island since 4 April, causing floods, flash floods and overflowing rivers that have resulted in casualties, population displacement and damage.
- In Sumatra, the ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports as of 7 April, one still missing person, 3 801 affected people and 717 damaged houses across the Lampung and Bengkulu provinces.
- In Java, ADINet reports 360 displaced people (of whom 120 evacuated in two evacuation centres), more than 11 100 affected people and over 3 000 damaged houses across the Banten and West Java provinces.
- Over the next 5 days, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Java island. More rainfall and locally heavy rainfall are also forecast over most of the Sumatra island over the next 4 days.
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