man walks on the roof of houses as muds cover the roads and houses in North Luwu, South Sulawesi, after several rivers burst their banks following torrential rains in the region. The search and rescue mission for 64 missing persons after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia's South Sulawesi province has been slowed by thick muds which have submerged affected-areas by up to three meters high, a rescuer and an official said on Saturday (July 18). - AFP
JAKARTA, July 18 (Xinhua): The search and rescue mission for 64 missing persons after flash floods and landslides hit Indonesia's South Sulawesi province has been slowed by thick muds which have submerged affected-areas by up to three meters high, a rescuer and an official said on Saturday.
There were only three bodies retrieved on Saturday as the search efforts have to be made manually as heavy machinery equipment failed to reach the hardest hit areas in Luwu Utara district, the Provincial Search and Rescue Office's spokesman Hamsidar disclosed.
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