Indonesia has revoked permits for 28 companies, including a China-backed hydropower project and a major gold mining operation, in a sweeping environmental crackdown following devastating floods in Sumatra.

Indonesia has created a special task force to speed up rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in three disaster-hit provinces on Sumatra Island, officials announced Thursday.

The death toll from recent flash floods in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province has risen to 16, with three people still missing, officials announced.

At least 14 people were killed after flash floods swept through North Sulawesi, Indonesia, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers continued searching for the missing.

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto says daily life in flood-ravaged parts of Sumatra could return to normal within two to three months, following one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history.

Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving at least 34 people dead and forcing the evacuation of up to 8,000 residents. Rescue operations are hampered as landslide debris blocks roads and cuts off communications. At least 52 people remain missing, authorities said.