Flash floods and landslides kill 16 people on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

At slightest 16 radical person been killed connected Sumatra erstwhile flash floods and a landslide struck the Indonesian island.

The subject and rescue officials person been deployed to 4 affected areas. Six radical are inactive missing, officials said connected Monday.

Mud, rocks and trees tumbled down a upland aft torrential rains implicit the weekend, and rivers burst their banks, tearing done 4 hilly districts successful North Sumatra province, washing distant houses and destroying farms.

Police, soldiers and rescue workers utilized excavators, workplace instrumentality and their bare hands to sift done the rubble, looking for the dormant and missing successful Semangat Gunung, a edifice country successful Karo district, said Juspri M Nadeak, who heads the section catastrophe absorption agency.

Rescuers recovered six bodies aft a landslide deed 2 houses and a cottage precocious connected Sunday, helium said. Nine injured radical managed to escape, helium said. Rescuers connected Monday were inactive searching for 4 missing people, including 2 children.

Rescuers connected Sunday pulled 2 bodies from a stream aft flash floods swept distant astatine slightest 10 houses and damaged astir 150 houses and different buildings successful villages successful South Tapanuli district, said Puput Mashuri, who heads the section catastrophe absorption agency.

Flash floods connected Sunday killed 4 radical successful Deli Serdang district, and rescue workers connected Monday were searching for 2 radical who were swept distant by flash floods and are inactive missing.

A landslide deed respective houses successful Harang Julu, a mountainside colony successful Padang Lawas district, said Mustari, the main of the section hunt and rescue agency, who similar galore Indonesians goes by a azygous name.

Rescuers precocious connected Saturday pulled retired the bodies of a four-member family, including 2 children, and rescued astatine slightest 3 injured radical from the devastated village, helium said.

Dozens of radical were injured by the flash floods, which swept implicit much than 130 hectares (321 acres) of farmland and plantations.