27 dead in Indonesia floods, landslides
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JAKARTA: Torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 27 people, including a dozen children at a school, officials said on Saturday.
He said rescuers retrieved the bodies of 11 children from mud and rubble hours later. Videos showed relatives crying besides their loved ones at a health clinic where the bodies of the children were lying, covered with blankets.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency's spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said 17 houses collapsed and 12 were swept away in Mandailing Natal. Hundreds of other homes were flooded up to 2 metres high, while landslides occurred in eight areas of the region.
Four villagers were killed after landslides hit 29 houses and flooded about 100 buildings in neighbouring Sibolga district, Nugroho said.
He said flash floods also smashed several villages in Tanah Datar district, killing five people, including two children, and leaving another missing. Landslides and flooding in the neighbouring districts of Padang Pariaman and West Pasaman killed four villagers after 500 houses flooded and three bridges collapsed. Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods each year in Indonesia.
A flash flood with mud and debris from landslides struck Mandailing Natal district and smashed an Islamic school in Muara Saladi village, where 29 children were swept away on Friday, said police chief Irsan Sinuhaji.
He said rescuers retrieved the bodies of 11 children from mud and rubble hours later. Videos showed relatives crying besides their loved ones at a health clinic where the bodies of the children were lying, covered with blankets.
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency's spokesman, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said 17 houses collapsed and 12 were swept away in Mandailing Natal. Hundreds of other homes were flooded up to 2 metres high, while landslides occurred in eight areas of the region.
Four villagers were killed after landslides hit 29 houses and flooded about 100 buildings in neighbouring Sibolga district, Nugroho said.
He said flash floods also smashed several villages in Tanah Datar district, killing five people, including two children, and leaving another missing. Landslides and flooding in the neighbouring districts of Padang Pariaman and West Pasaman killed four villagers after 500 houses flooded and three bridges collapsed. Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods each year in Indonesia.
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