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At least 19 killed, 7 missing in flash floods in Indonesia

 Published: 11:23, 10 March 2024

At least 19 killed, 7 missing in flash floods in Indonesia

Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, officials have said.

Mud, rocks and uprooted trees rushed down a mountainside and engulfed villages in the Pesisir Selatan district of West Sumatra province late on Friday following torrential rains, Doni Yusrizal, who heads the local disaster management agency, said on Sunday.

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