Flash floods kill at least 16, displace hundreds in Indonesia


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Jul 2020

Officers evacuate victims in Radda Village, following flash floods that left several dead and dozens remain missing, in North Luwu in Sulawesi, Indonesia July 14, 2020. Picture taken July 14, 2020. Antara Foto/Indra/ via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 16 people and displaced hundreds in a district on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials at the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Wednesday.

Search and rescue officials were still looking for 23 people missing after the floods struck the North Luwu district of South Sulawesi province, said Raditya Jati, a spokesman for the national disaster mitigation agency.

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