Horror in Indonesia: 'Suddenly we heard people scream: Flood!'


By AGENCY
  • Family
  • Thursday, 08 Apr 2021

Rescuers in remote eastern Indonesia are still digging through the debris of a landslide in search of people believed to be buried in one of several disasters brought on by severe weather in the Southeast Asian nation and neighboring East Timor. Photo:AP Photo/Rofinus Monteiro

Homeless, injured, and with his daughter dead, Sugeng stares blankly as he comes to grips with the devastation left by floods and landslides on Indonesia's Adonara island.

The 60-year-old was asleep with his family last Sunday night as torrential rain battered the community at the eastern end of the vast archipelago nation.

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