Videos show shops being looted as weather conditions and cut off communication lines have hampered rescue efforts.

JAKARTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 708 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, as authorities rushed to repair infrastructure and deliver aid to cut-off areas.

Severe flooding and landslides in Sumatra from Cyclone Senyar are now known to have killed at least 702 people with more than a million displaced.

Indonesia and the Netherlands have agreed to repatriate two Dutch nationals convicted on drug offenses in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The number of people killed by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 753 on Tuesday, the disaster agency said, with 504 people missing. The toll was a sharp increase from the 604 dead reported by the agency on Monday.

Indonesia will assign $1 billion to the BRICS-led New Development Bank, further boosting ties with the group of developing nations.