ONE person died and 11 missing after flash floods hit near Lake Toba in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, the country’s disasters agency BNPB said, with scores of people evacuated and rescue efforts underway.
Heavy rain followed by flash floods on Friday evening hit the region located on the shores of the lake, damaging dozens of houses, a church, a school and a hotel, BNPB said in a statement late Saturday.
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