10 dead, 46,000 displaced as landslides, flash floods hit Indonesia's Sumatra island
Mar 10, 2024
Sumatra [Indonesia], March 10: Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving 10 others missing, officials said Saturday, The Associated Press reported.
Tons of mud, rocks and uprooted trees rolled down a mountain late Friday, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through mountainside villages in Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province, said Doni Yusrizal, who heads the local disaster management agency.
Rescuers pulled out seven bodies in the worst-hit village of Koto XI Tarusan, and recovered three others in two neighboring villages, said National Disaster Management Agency's spokesperson Yusrizal. Ten are still missing.
He said that 46,000 people had fled to a temporary government shelter after the flood and landslide buried 14 houses while 20,000 houses were flooded up to the roof.
Source: Emirates News Agency
