The Indonesian province of North Sumatra has been battered by a week of relentless rainfall leading to floods and landslides in several parts. Scores have died while rescue efforts are underway to search for the missing.
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Indonesia: Floods, landslides kill 31 in North Sumatra
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The Indonesian province of North Sumatra has been battered by a week of relentless rainfall leading to floods and landslides in several parts. Scores have died while rescue efforts are underway to search for the missing.
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Rescuers use heavy machines to clear mud from a road following a landslide that hit several vehicles in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.
Rescuers use heavy machines to clear mud from a road following a landslide that hit several vehicles in North SumatraImage: Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo/picture alliance
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At least 31 people were killed after a week of torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, authorities said on Friday.
The disaster has affected four districts, from Medan to rural areas like Sibolangit and Sayur Matinggi, where the landslides have severed access for communities with roads buried under debris, Indonesia’s disaster agency said.
Rescuers are working under treacherous circumstances to clear access routes and search for missing persons while temporary shelters are becoming overburdened to accommodate the displaced.
The head of North Sumatra’s disaster management agency, Tuahta Ramajaya Saragih, said that the agency has submitted a request to the provincial governor to declare a disaster emergency status.
