{"id":425092,"date":"2024-11-26T22:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T22:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425092"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Indonesia-digs-out-as-flooding-landslide-death-toll-hits-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Indonesia-digs-out-as-flooding-landslide-death-toll-hits-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rescue workers in western Indonesia used heavy equipment on Tuesday to dig out from weekend flooding and landslides that have killed at least 20 people, the national disaster agency said.<\/p>\n

In North Sumatra, the bodies of five people listed as missing had been pulled from under a mountain of mud and debris, agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“All victims have been found dead,” he said Tuesday, adding that 10 people in all had been killed in a Karo district landslide.<\/p>\n

Beginning Saturday, heavy rain pounded four districts across northern Sumatra, producing the deadly floods and landslides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Juspri Nadeak, disaster chief in hardest-hit Karo district, said the discovery of victims not yet reported missing to authorities remained a possibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The landslide area provides access to hot springs, so there’s a possibility that tourists were hit by it,” he told AFP Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We are still cleaning up the mud and debris from the landslide while anticipating the possibility of discovering more victims.”<\/p>\n

In a village in Deli Serdang district, where four people have been found dead and two more were missing, piles of mud, logs and rocks were scattered around the village where a rescue operation was underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The electricity was cut off and there is no cellphone reception, making it difficult for us rescuers to communicate,” Iman Sitorus, a local search and rescue agency spokesman, told AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities also have deployed heavy equipment to clean up the debris, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Indonesia has suffered a string of recent extreme weather events, which experts say are made more likely by climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In May, at least 67 people died after a mixture of ash, sand and pebbles carried down from the eruption of Mount Marapi in West Sumatra washed into residential areas, causing flash floods.<\/p>\n

The disaster agency on Monday revised downward its tally to 15 dead and seven missing following an earlier report that listed one more killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The death toll climbed to 20 on Tuesday following the discovery of the five bodies in Karo district.<\/p>\n

The rest of the victims were found in South Tapanuli, Padang Lawas and Deli Serdang districts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A family wades through mud, past a crushed car following landslides in North Sumatra’s Karo district, where at least 10 are known to have died<\/p>\n

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