Flash floods kill 9 in Sumatra


Indonesians clean their homes and cutlery along the river in Jakarta after flooding triggered by heavy rain early this month. Today, flash floods in Sumatra have killed nine people. – AFP pic, January 30, 2020.

FLASH floods and landslides have killed at least nine people and forced thousands into temporary shelters on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, the local disaster agency said today.

Torrential rain in north Sumatra this week sparked the disaster, with most victims drowning or hit by logs swept away in the current, the agency added.


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