Tragedy haunts community on shore of Sumatra’s largest solar farm

Mongabay
Mar 12, 2025, 12:26 am378 ptsTop
LAKE SINGKARAK, Indonesia — Mardianis recalls reading the Quran with his parents and two children here on the western shore of Lake Singkarak before the desperate cries of galodoh. A dark wall of rock barreled down the hillside as the family rushed to higher ground. Mardianis remembers the flood careening…

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