Indonesian rescuers hunt for dozens missing after floods kill 36


This aerial handout picture taken and released on July 17, 2020 by Indonesian mitigation management agency (BNPB) shows houses buried in mud in North Luwu, South Sulawesi, after several rivers burst their banks following torrential rains in the region. Rescuers pulled bodies from under mud and debris as they raced to find dozens still missing after floods killed at least 36 people on Indonesia's Sulawesi island. - AFP

Makassar, Indonesia, July 18, 2020 (AFP): Rescuers pulled bodies from under mud and debris Friday as they raced to find dozens still missing after flash floods killed at least 36 people on Indonesia's Sulawesi island.

More than 14,000 people left homeless by the disaster have taken refuge at temporary shelters in hard-hit North Luwu regency, with the country's search and rescue agency hunting for 66 people still unaccounted for.

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