Wrath of nature: Rescuers carrying the body of a flood victim in Baebunta in South Sulawesi. — AP
FLASH floods and landslides have killed at least 16 people and displaced hundreds in a district on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials at the country’s disaster mitigation agency said.
Search and rescue officials were still looking for 23 people missing after the floods struck the North Luwu district of South Sulawesi province yesterday, said Raditya Jati, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency.
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