Six people are still missing on the Indonesian island of Sumatra after mud, rocks, and trees cascaded down a mountainside.
Sixteen bodies have been recovered from beneath heavy mudslides and flood debris in Indonesia, after flash floods devastated mountain villages on Sumatra Island, officials reported Monday.Six people remain missing after mud, rocks, and trees cascaded down a mountainside during torrential rains over the weekend, officials said. Swollen rivers breached their banks, unleashing destruction across four hilly districts in North Sumatra province.
In Deli Serdang district, the disaster claimed four lives on Sunday, and as of Monday, rescue workers were still searching for two individuals swept away by the surging waters.Landslides Bury Houses in SumatraIn the mountainside village of Harang Julu, Padang Lawas district, a landslide struck several houses, according to Mustari, the chief of the regional search and rescue agency, who, like many Indonesians, uses a single name.
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