Catastrophe administration company says greater than 80,000 folks have fled to short-term authorities shelters.
Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left not less than 19 folks useless and 7 others lacking, officers have mentioned.
Mud, rocks and uprooted bushes rushed down a mountainside and engulfed villages within the Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province late on Friday following torrential rains, Doni Yusrizal, who heads the native catastrophe administration company, mentioned on Sunday.
Yusrizal mentioned rescuers recovered seven our bodies within the village of Koto XI Tarusan and three others in two neighbouring villages.
“Aid efforts for the useless and lacking have been hampered by energy outages, blocked roads coated in thick mud and particles,” Yusrizal mentioned.
Indonesia’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Company mentioned six our bodies have been present in Pesisir Selatan and three our bodies have been discovered within the neighbouring district of Padang Pariaman, bringing the demise toll thus far to 19.
The company mentioned not less than two villagers have been injured and 7 others have been nonetheless lacking, with greater than 80,000 folks fleeing to short-term authorities shelters.
Flash floods and landslides are a typical prevalence in Indonesia, the place hundreds of thousands of individuals reside close to floodplains, particularly in the course of the wet season.
In December, not less than two folks have been killed when a landslide and floods swept away dozens of homes and destroyed a resort close to Lake Toba on Sumatra.
