Indonesia searches for 35 still missing in deadly Sumatra floods


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Men stand near a damaged house in an area affected by heavy rain brought flash floods in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, May 14, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Iggoy el Fitra/via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on Wednesday, authorities said, as the death toll from the weekend disaster rose to 58.

Heavy rain on Saturday evening triggered flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow - a mud-like mixture of volcanic ash, rock debris and water - in three districts and one town in West Sumatra province. By Tuesday, the death toll was at 52.

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