A field video from Agam District in West Sumatra, Indonesia, shows dozens of body bags laid out in the courtyard of Nurul Hikmah Mosque in Salareh Aia on 28 November 2025, following the catastrophic flash floods that struck the region beginning 19 November. The victims were temporarily gathered at the site before being transported to hospitals for identification and burial procedures.

Footage captures responders loading body bags into ambulances and a helicopter after landslides and destroyed bridges cut off road access to several villages. The aircraft was used to airlift the deceased to medical facilities as ground routes remained blocked by thick mud, fallen trees, boulders, and collapsed infrastructure.

In a later segment, Agam Regent Benni Warlis surveys one of the worst-hit areas in Nagari Salareh Aia Timur, Palembayan Subdistrict. He explains that both sides of the road—once lined with homes—have been wiped out, leaving behind a vast field of mud and debris. According to local authorities, 106 bodies had been recovered in this area alone by Monday, 1 December, with 61 people still missing and many believed to be buried beneath rubble and sediment.

Nationwide, the disaster forms part of a wider hydrometeorological event across Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) reported to the House of Representatives on 1 December that 447 people had been found dead, 33,173 survivors accounted for, and 399 individuals remained unlocated. In total, 33,620 residents across the affected regions have been impacted.

Regent Benni noted that aside from victim recovery, authorities and volunteers are prioritizing the reopening of isolated routes. Four subdistricts in Agam remain cut off, with the condition of their populations still unknown.

The ongoing emergency highlights the scale of destruction and the challenges of conducting search, rescue, and evacuation operations in remote, heavily damaged terrain.