Indonesian town buries its dead in mass grave as flood toll rises


  • World
  • Friday, 28 Nov 2025

BATANG TORU, Indonesia (Reuters) -Families gathered at a health centre in the Indonesian town of Batang Toru on Friday, desperate for news about missing loved ones, as locals dug a mass grave to bury seven unclaimed victims of the cyclonic rains that have battered the country's western-most island of Sumatra.

The rains caused floods and landslides in three provinces across Sumatra island, killing at least 94 people, according to Indonesia's disaster agencies. Nearly 80,000 people have been evacuated and about 80 people are still missing.

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