Indonesia flash floods kill 44, death toll expected to rise (update)

Rescue workers evacuate people through the water in an area affected by floods after heavy rains in Dili, East Timor, on Sunday, April 4, 2021. - Reuters

JAKARTA, April 4 (AFP): At least 44 people were killed after flash floods and landslides swept an island in Indonesia's easternmost province Sunday morning, rescue officials said, adding they expected the toll to rise.

"There are 44 people dead with nine injured" in East Flores regency, and "many (...) are still under the mud", National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesperson Raditya Jati told AFP.