At least 44 people were killed after flash floods and landslides swept an island in Indonesia’s easternmost province, rescue officials said, adding they expected the toll to rise.
“There are 44 people dead with nine injured” in East Flores, and “many are still under the mud”, National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Raditya Jati said.
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